NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q vs AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q and AMD FirePro S9300 X2 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 300 Watt
8x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 37928 vs 27971

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 31 March 2016
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	37928 vs 27971

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

12.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 176.5 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 2048
2.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 6,963 gflops vs 5,648 gflops

Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 176.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops vs 5,648 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

37928

27971

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	9955
PassMark - G2D Mark	436
Geekbench - OpenCL	37928	27971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4887

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP104	Capsaicin
Launch date	27 June 2017	31 March 2016
Place in performance rating	222	852
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$5,999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,648 gflops	2x 6,963 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 4096
Texture fill rate	176.5 GTexel / s	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	8,900 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.3 GB / s	2x 512.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	HBM
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready