AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X and AMD FirePro S9300 X2 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M470X

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57109 vs 27971

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 31 March 2016
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109 vs 27971

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

36x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
9.1x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 896
7.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 6,963 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 4 GB

Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 896
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57109

27971

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244
PassMark - G2D Mark	426
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109	27971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Strato	Capsaicin
Launch date	15 May 2016	31 March 2016
Place in performance rating	461	852
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$5,999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	2x 6,963 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	2x 4096
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	2,080 million	8,900 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		300 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	2x 512.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	HBM
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0