AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon Pro 580X

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 975 MHz
1384.6x more texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35414 vs 31775
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7540 vs 6138

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2019 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	35414 vs 31775
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540 vs 6138

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

3.2x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 698

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	720 vs 698

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35414

31775

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

698

720

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7540

6138

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	AMD FirePro W9000
Geekbench - OpenCL	35414	31775
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3643
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
PassMark - G2D Mark	698	720
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540	6138
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 Pro 580X	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Tahiti
Launch date	18 March 2019	14 June 2012
Place in performance rating	353	346
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	975 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	345.6 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.530 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	2048
Pixel fill rate	38.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,994 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		279 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	217.0 GB/s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)