AMD Radeon Pro Duo vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Duo and AMD FirePro W9100 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: 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Duo

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 13.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 163.7 GTexel / s
  • 2.9x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 2816
  • 3.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 8,192 gflops vs 5,238 gflops
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 750 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8137 vs 7957
  • Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53806 vs 43046
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 141.474 vs 106.585
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3621.344 vs 1878.403
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.132 vs 9.751
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 112.973 vs 82.208
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 799.933 vs 511.115
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10141 vs 9143
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 38251 vs 32085
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10141 vs 9143
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 38251 vs 32085
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 April 2016 vs 26 March 2014
Texture fill rate 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 163.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 4096 vs 2816
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops vs 5,238 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt vs 750 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8137 vs 7957
Geekbench - OpenCL 53806 vs 43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 141.474 vs 106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3621.344 vs 1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.132 vs 9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 112.973 vs 82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 799.933 vs 511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10141 vs 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 38251 vs 32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10141 vs 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 38251 vs 32085

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • 10x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 762 vs 745
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8219 vs 3713
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8219 vs 3713
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 762 vs 745
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8219 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8219 vs 3713

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Duo
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8137
7957
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
745
762
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
53806
43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
141.474
106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3621.344
1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.132
9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
112.973
82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
799.933
511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10141
9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38251
32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10141
9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38251
32085
Name AMD Radeon Pro Duo AMD FirePro W9100
PassMark - G3D Mark 8137 7957
PassMark - G2D Mark 745 762
Geekbench - OpenCL 53806 43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 141.474 106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3621.344 1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.132 9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 112.973 82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 799.933 511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10141 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 38251 32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10141 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 38251 32085
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Duo AMD FirePro W9100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Capsaicin Hawaii
Design reference
Launch date 26 April 2016 26 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $1,499
Place in performance rating 190 191
Price now $849
Type Workstation Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 17.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Compute units 128
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops 5,238 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2x 4096 2816
Texture fill rate 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 163.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt 750 Watt
Transistor count 8,900 million 6,200 million
Core clock speed 930 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 277 mm 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors 3x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX DirectX® 12 12.0 (12_0)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s 320 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 4096 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) GDDR5

Technologies

AppAcceleration
CrossFire
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore