AMD Radeon Sky 900 vs AMD FirePro 2270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Sky 900 and AMD FirePro 2270 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon Sky 900

AMD FirePro 2270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 900

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 600 MHz
438.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
44.8x more pipelines: 3584 vs 80
70.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,405 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1654 vs 1231
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1654 vs 1231

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 March 2013 vs 31 January 2011
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 80
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1654 vs 1231
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1654 vs 1231

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro 2270

20x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Sky 900
GPU 2: AMD FirePro 2270

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1654

1231

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1654

1231

Name	AMD Radeon Sky 900	AMD FirePro 2270
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1654	1231
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1654	1231
PassMark - G3D Mark		142
PassMark - G2D Mark		173
Geekbench - OpenCL		2564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		9.382
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		539
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		539

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Sky 900	AMD FirePro 2270
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tahiti	Cedar
Launch date	27 March 2013	31 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1543	1545
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	825 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	3584	80
Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort	1x DMS-59
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	305 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	480 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3