AMD FirePro W9000 vs AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W9000 and AMD Radeon HD 6650A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 63% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 8.7x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
  • 4.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 480
  • 6.9x better floating-point performance: 3,994 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 7.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6138 vs 836
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 418
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 June 2012 vs 19 April 2011
Core clock speed 975 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 480
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6138 vs 836
PassMark - G2D Mark 720 vs 418

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650A

  • 7.8x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 350 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W9000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6650A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6138
836
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
720
418
Name AMD FirePro W9000 AMD Radeon HD 6650A
PassMark - G3D Mark 6138 836
PassMark - G2D Mark 720 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 460.234

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W9000 AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Tahiti Onega
Launch date 14 June 2012 19 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $3,999
Place in performance rating 348 351
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 975 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 2048 480
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel / s 14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Length 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 264 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3