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).

 

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 346 347
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