NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 vs AMD FirePro S9050
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and AMD FirePro S9050 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
- Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 100.8 GTexel / s
- Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
- Around 54% better floating-point performance: 4,981 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
- Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 225 Watt
- 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11129 vs 4901
- 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 798 vs 369
- Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 110.006 vs 68.324
- Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.194 vs 6.491
- Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 477.015 vs 344.551
- Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9566 vs 7062
- Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9566 vs 7062
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 19 September 2014 vs 7 August 2014 |
Texture fill rate | 144 billion / sec vs 100.8 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2048 vs 1792 |
Floating-point performance | 4,981 gflops vs 3,226 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 165 Watt vs 225 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 11129 vs 4901 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 798 vs 369 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 110.006 vs 68.324 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 9.194 vs 6.491 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 477.015 vs 344.551 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9566 vs 7062 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9566 vs 7062 |
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9050
- 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
- 785.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
- Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1463.376 vs 1348.307
- 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 91.133 vs 37.443
- Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6260 vs 3690
- 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 13032 vs 3335
- Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6260 vs 3690
- 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 13032 vs 3335
Specifications (specs) | |
Maximum memory size | 12 GB vs 4 GB |
Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1463.376 vs 1348.307 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 91.133 vs 37.443 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 6260 vs 3690 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 13032 vs 3335 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 6260 vs 3690 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 13032 vs 3335 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9050
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 | AMD FirePro S9050 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 11129 | 4901 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 798 | 369 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 33393 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 110.006 | 68.324 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1348.307 | 1463.376 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 9.194 | 6.491 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 37.443 | 91.133 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 477.015 | 344.551 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9566 | 7062 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3690 | 6260 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3335 | 13032 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9566 | 7062 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3690 | 6260 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3335 | 13032 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4328 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 | AMD FirePro S9050 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | GM204 | Tahiti |
Launch date | 19 September 2014 | 7 August 2014 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | |
Place in performance rating | 358 | 362 |
Price now | $605.06 | |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Value for money (0-100) | 21.18 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1216 MHz | |
CUDA cores | 2048 | |
Floating-point performance | 4,981 gflops | 3,226 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 2048 | 1792 |
Texture fill rate | 144 billion / sec | 100.8 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 165 Watt | 225 Watt |
Transistor count | 5,200 million | 4,313 million |
Core clock speed | 900 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 | 1x DisplayPort |
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
G-SYNC support | ||
HDCP | ||
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 10.5" (26.7 cm) | 254 mm |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
SLI options | 1 | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pins | 1x 8-pin |
Form factor | Full Height / Full Length | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_1) |
OpenCL | 1.2 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 12 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 224 GB / s | 264 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | 5500 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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3D Vision | ||
Adaptive Vertical Sync | ||
BatteryBoost | ||
CUDA | ||
GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce Experience | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost | ||
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
Optimus | ||
SLI | ||
Surround |