AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M470

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Around 51% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47924 vs 31775

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 14 June 2012
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924 vs 31775

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
2.6x better floating-point performance: 3,994 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6138 vs 2331
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 307

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 768
Floating-point performance	3,994 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6138 vs 2331
PassMark - G2D Mark	720 vs 307

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2331

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

720

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47924

31775

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470	AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	720
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924	31775
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		460.234

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Strato	Tahiti
Launch date	15 May 2016	14 June 2012
Place in performance rating	769	336
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	2048
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	124.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	4,313 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		350 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		279 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0