AMD Radeon RX 580 vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 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 580

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 975 MHz
  • 1546.2x more texture fill rate: 192.96 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
  • Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8834 vs 6138
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 720
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39121 vs 31775
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 116.142 vs 84.462
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.235 vs 8.988
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.721 vs 460.234
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8834 vs 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark 767 vs 720
Geekbench - OpenCL 39121 vs 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 116.142 vs 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.235 vs 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.721 vs 460.234

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

  • 644.2x better floating-point performance: 3,994 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1734.394 vs 1022.932
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 86.984 vs 84.034
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1734.394 vs 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 86.984 vs 84.034

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8834
6138
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
767
720
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39121
31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
116.142
84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1022.932
1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.235
8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
84.034
86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
607.721
460.234
Name AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark 8834 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark 767 720
Geekbench - OpenCL 39121 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 116.142 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1022.932 1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.235 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 84.034 86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.721 460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1005

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD FirePro W9000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 20 Tahiti
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $3,999
Place in performance rating 344 343
Price now $169.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 76.21

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1340 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz 975 MHz
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs 3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 2048
Pixel fill rate 42.88 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s 124.8 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 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
HDMI
VGA
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
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 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 264 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready