AMD Wii U GPU vs AMD FirePro S10000 Passive

Comparative analysis of AMD Wii U GPU and AMD FirePro S10000 Passive videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Wii U GPU

AMD FirePro S10000 Passive

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Wii U GPU

16.7x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 750 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 750 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S10000 Passive

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 550 MHz
239.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s
11.2x more pipelines: 3584 vs 320
19.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,405 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Wii U GPU	AMD FirePro S10000 Passive
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	GCN 1.0
Code name	Latte	Tahiti
Launch date	18 November 2012	12 November 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,599
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops	2x 3,405 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	3584
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	750 Watt
Transistor count	880 million	4,313 million
Boost clock speed		950 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		305 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	N / A	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	N / A	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	480 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5