AMD FirePro W9000 vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W9000 and NVIDIA Quadro CX 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

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 62% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 602 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 192
8.6x better floating-point performance: 3,994 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1536 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6157 vs 947
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 753 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2012 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 192
Floating-point performance	3,994 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6157 vs 947
PassMark - G2D Mark	753 vs 454

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W9000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6157

947

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

753

454

Name	AMD FirePro W9000	NVIDIA Quadro CX
PassMark - G3D Mark	6157	947
PassMark - G2D Mark	753	454
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 Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Tahiti	GT200B
Launch date	14 June 2012	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,999	$1,999
Place in performance rating	337	340
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$149.95
Value for money (0-100)		8.20
Technical info
Core clock speed	975 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,994 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	192
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel / s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3