AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost 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, 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 Radeon HD 7950 Boost

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost

Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 350 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel / s vs 103.6 GTexel / s
Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 3,994 gflops vs 3,315 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel / s vs 103.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	3,994 gflops vs 3,315 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost	AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark		6138
PassMark - G2D Mark		720
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 Radeon HD 7950 Boost	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tahiti	Tahiti
Launch date	22 June 2012	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$3,999
Place in performance rating	not rated	347
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops	3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	2048
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	274 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5