AMD Radeon Pro SSG vs AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro SSG and AMD FirePro S9300 X2 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), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon Pro SSG

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 4 GB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	8 August 2017 vs 31 March 2016
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2x 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

5.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 384.0 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 4096
Around 13% better floating-point performance: 2x 6,963 gflops vs 12,288 gflops
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 384.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 4096
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops vs 12,288 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro SSG
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Name	AMD Radeon Pro SSG	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	10972
PassMark - G2D Mark	588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7766
Geekbench - OpenCL		27971

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro SSG	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Vega 10	Capsaicin
Launch date	8 August 2017	31 March 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$6,999	$5,999
Place in performance rating	158	852
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1440 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops	2x 6,963 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2x 4096
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	8,900 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	2x 512.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	HBM