AMD Radeon RX 480 vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 975 MHz
  • Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8629 vs 6138
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 778 vs 720
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39118 vs 31775
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 103.851 vs 84.462
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 597.772 vs 460.234
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2016 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed 1120 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate 182.3 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8629 vs 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark 778 vs 720
Geekbench - OpenCL 39118 vs 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 103.851 vs 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 597.772 vs 460.234

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

  • 688.6x better floating-point performance: 3,994 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1734.394 vs 769.541
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.988 vs 7.593
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 86.984 vs 67.879
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1734.394 vs 769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.988 vs 7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 86.984 vs 67.879

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8629
6138
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
778
720
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39118
31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
103.851
84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
769.541
1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.593
8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
67.879
86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
597.772
460.234
Name AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark 8629 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark 778 720
Geekbench - OpenCL 39118 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 103.851 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 769.541 1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.593 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 67.879 86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 597.772 460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4162

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD FirePro W9000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Ellesmere Tahiti
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 29 June 2016 14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $3,999
Place in performance rating 340 336
Price now $299.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 39.12

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1266 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1120 MHz 975 MHz
Floating-point performance 5.8 TFLOPs 3,994 gflops
GPU Power 110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 2048
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 182.3 GTexel / s 124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support n / a PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 264 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore