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 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8596 vs 6138
• Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 720
• Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39318 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

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

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	8596 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	775 720
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	39318 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

Compare specifications (specs)