AMD FirePro W9000 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W9000 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 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).

AMD FirePro W9000

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 28% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 800
2x better floating-point performance: 3,994 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2x 512 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1990 MHz
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6138 vs 1132
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2012 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines	2048 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance	3,994 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6138 vs 1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	720 vs 542

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W9000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6138

1132

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

720

542

Name	AMD FirePro W9000	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	6138	1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	720	542
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	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	R700
Launch date	14 June 2012	7 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,999	$420
Place in performance rating	336	246
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	975 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,994 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 800
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
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	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3