AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 750 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 8219
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 8219
  • Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 43046
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 26 March 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 750 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390 vs 8219
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390 vs 8219
Geekbench - OpenCL 70535 vs 43046

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 163.7 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1024
  • 2.8x better floating-point performance: 5,238 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9143 vs 6316
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9143 vs 6316
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 32085 vs 27566
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 32085 vs 27566
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 930 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate 163.7 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2816 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 5,238 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9143 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9143 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 32085 vs 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 32085 vs 27566

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6316
9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6316
9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8390
8219
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8390
8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27566
32085
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27566
32085
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
70535
43046
Name AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP AMD FirePro W9100
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6316 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6316 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390 8219
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390 8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 32085
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 32085
Geekbench - OpenCL 70535 43046
PassMark - G3D Mark 7987
PassMark - G2D Mark 752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 511.115

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP AMD FirePro W9100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Pitcairn Hawaii
Launch date 13 March 2015 26 March 2014
Place in performance rating 165 190
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 925 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,894 gflops 5,238 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 2816
Texture fill rate 59.2 GTexel / s 163.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 750 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s 320 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5