AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 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: 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 580 2048SP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 975 MHz
  • 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 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7711 vs 6138
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34856 vs 31775
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 115.237 vs 84.462
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1890.261 vs 1734.394
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.121 vs 8.988
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 149.333 vs 86.984
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 614.542 vs 460.234
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 October 2018 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed 1168 MHz vs 975 MHz
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 7711 vs 6138
Geekbench - OpenCL 34856 vs 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 115.237 vs 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1890.261 vs 1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.121 vs 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 149.333 vs 86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 614.542 vs 460.234

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 662
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 720 vs 662

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7711
6138
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
662
720
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
34856
31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
115.237
84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1890.261
1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.121
8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
149.333
86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
614.542
460.234
Name AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark 7711 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark 662 720
Geekbench - OpenCL 34856 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 115.237 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1890.261 1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.121 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 149.333 86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 614.542 460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3782

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP AMD FirePro W9000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 20 Tahiti
Launch date 15 October 2018 14 June 2012
Place in performance rating 335 336
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $3,999

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1284 MHz
Core clock speed 1168 MHz 975 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 4,313 million
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops
Pipelines 2048
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 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

Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5500 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 264 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory type GDDR5