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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

AMD FirePro S9050

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

11129

4901

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

798

369

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

110.006

68.324

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1348.307

1463.376

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.194

6.491

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37.443

91.133

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

477.015

344.551

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9566

7062

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3690

6260

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

13032

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9566

7062

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3690

6260

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

13032

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	AMD FirePro S9050
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
Essentials
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
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
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
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
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
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
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