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).

AMD FirePro W9000

NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6138

636

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

720

427

Name	AMD FirePro W9000	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
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
Essentials
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	347	348
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
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
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
Multi monitor support
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
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
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
CUDA
SLI