AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 975 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65257 vs 31775

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 January 2017 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 975 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	65257 vs 31775

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel / s vs 76.8 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
Around 62% better floating-point performance: 3,994 gflops vs 2,458 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB

Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel / s vs 76.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	3,994 gflops vs 2,458 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

65257

31775

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP	AMD FirePro W9000
Geekbench - OpenCL	65257	31775
PassMark - G3D Mark		6138
PassMark - G2D Mark		720
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 RX 460 1024SP	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Baffin	Tahiti
Launch date	17 January 2017	14 June 2012
Place in performance rating	319	336
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,458 gflops	3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	2048
Texture fill rate	76.8 GTexel / s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB / s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5