AMD Radeon R9 290X vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X 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 290X

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Around 38% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2048
Around 41% better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8644 vs 6138
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 720
Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 42508 vs 31775
Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 114.883 vs 84.462
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 1734.394
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.12 vs 8.988
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 120.942 vs 86.984
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 628.757 vs 460.234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 October 2013 vs 14 June 2012
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8644 vs 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	770 vs 720
Geekbench - OpenCL	42508 vs 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	114.883 vs 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2460.464 vs 1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.12 vs 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	120.942 vs 86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	628.757 vs 460.234

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8644

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

770

720

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

42508

31775

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

114.883

84.462

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2460.464

1734.394

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

11.12

8.988

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

120.942

86.984

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

628.757

460.234

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X	AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	8644	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	770	720
Geekbench - OpenCL	42508	31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	114.883	84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2460.464	1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.12	8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	120.942	86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	628.757	460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3952

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290X	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Hawaii	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	24 October 2013	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	$3,999
Place in performance rating	287	336
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops	3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2816	2048
Stream Processors	2560
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	4,313 million
Core clock speed		975 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	275 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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 GB/s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)