AMD Radeon R9 290 vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 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: 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.

AMD Radeon R9 290

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
Around 21% better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 275 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8239 vs 6138
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 765 vs 720
3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 31775
Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 89.325 vs 84.462
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.034 vs 8.988
Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 98.765 vs 86.984
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 540.645 vs 460.234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 14 June 2012
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8239 vs 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	765 vs 720
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277 vs 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.325 vs 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.034 vs 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	98.765 vs 86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	540.645 vs 460.234

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 947 MHz
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1734.394 vs 1366.314

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 947 MHz
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1734.394 vs 1366.314

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8239

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

765

720

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

102277

31775

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

89.325

84.462

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1366.314

1734.394

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.034

8.988

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

98.765

86.984

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

540.645

460.234

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	8239	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	765	720
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277	31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.325	84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1366.314	1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.034	8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	98.765	86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	540.645	460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3699

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Hawaii	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$3,999
Place in performance rating	344	342
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	2048
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
VGA
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	275 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)