AMD FirePro W9000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W9000 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800S videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- 6.5x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
- 32x more pipelines: 2048 vs 64
- 20.8x better floating-point performance: 3,994 gflops vs 192 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
- 6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
- 6.9x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 9.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6138 vs 636
- Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 427
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 14 June 2012 vs 15 July 2008 |
Texture fill rate | 124.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 2048 vs 64 |
Floating-point performance | 3,994 gflops vs 192 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 65 nm |
Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 1 GB |
Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 6138 vs 636 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 720 vs 427 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
- Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 975 MHz
- 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 350 Watt
Core clock speed | 1500 MHz vs 975 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 350 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD FirePro W9000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD FirePro W9000 | NVIDIA GeForce 9800S |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 6138 | 636 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 720 | 427 |
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 | NVIDIA GeForce 9800S | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Tesla |
Code name | Tahiti | G94 |
Launch date | 14 June 2012 | 15 July 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $3,999 | |
Place in performance rating | 348 | 349 |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 975 MHz | 1500 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 3,994 gflops | 192 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 2048 | 64 |
Texture fill rate | 124.8 GTexel / s | 19.2 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 350 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 4,313 million | 505 million |
CUDA cores | 64 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | VGAHDMISingle Link DVI |
Dual-link DVI support | ||
StereoOutput3D | ||
Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF + HDA | |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
Form factor | Full Height / Full Length | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 279 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 264 GB / s | 51.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz | 800 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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