AMD Radeon E8870 vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 and AMD FirePro W9000 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon E8870

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 975 MHz
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 975 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

2.6x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
2.6x better floating-point performance: 3,994 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6138 vs 3368
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 708
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 84.462 vs 36.948
Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1734.394 vs 874.689
8.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.988 vs 1.11

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 768
Floating-point performance	3,994 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6138 vs 3368
PassMark - G2D Mark	720 vs 708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	84.462 vs 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1734.394 vs 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.988 vs 1.11

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3368

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

720

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

36.948

84.462

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

874.689

1734.394

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.11

8.988

Name	AMD Radeon E8870	AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	708	720
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.948	84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	874.689	1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.11	8.988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191
Geekbench - OpenCL		31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		460.234

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8870	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Saturn	Tahiti
Launch date	29 September 2015	14 June 2012
Place in performance rating	347	348
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,999
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	2048
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		279 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5