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.

 

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

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