AMD Radeon R9 285 vs AMD FirePro S10000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 285 and AMD FirePro S10000 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, 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R9 285

AMD FirePro S10000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 918 MHz vs 825 MHz
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 190 Watt vs 750 Watt
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6680 vs 4768
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 502

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 September 2014 vs 12 November 2012
Core clock speed	918 MHz vs 825 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt vs 750 Watt
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680 vs 4768
PassMark - G2D Mark	597 vs 502

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S10000

20.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 102.8 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1792
2.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,405 gflops vs 3,290 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.836 vs 72.799
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.978 vs 6.369
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7867 vs 6474
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3621 vs 3043
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3321 vs 2782
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7867 vs 6474
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3621 vs 3043
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3321 vs 2782

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 102.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops vs 3,290 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	73.836 vs 72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.978 vs 6.369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7867 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3621 vs 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321 vs 2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7867 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3621 vs 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321 vs 2782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 285
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S10000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6680

4768

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

597

502

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

72.799

73.836

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.369

6.978

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6474

7867

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3043

3621

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2782

3321

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6474

7867

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3043

3621

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2782

3321

Name	AMD Radeon R9 285	AMD FirePro S10000
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680	4768
PassMark - G2D Mark	597	502
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	72.799	73.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.369	6.978
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6474	7867
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3043	3621
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2782	3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6474	7867
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3043	3621
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2782	3321
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2778
Geekbench - OpenCL		30631

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 285	AMD FirePro S10000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tonga	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	2 September 2014	12 November 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$3,599
Place in performance rating	445	446
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	918 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,290 gflops	2x 3,405 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	4096
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	750 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	4,313 million
Boost clock speed		950 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
VGA
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	221 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	176.0 GB / s	480 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)