NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z and AMD FirePro W9000 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 TITAN Z

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.7x more texture fill rate: 338 billion / sec vs 124.8 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 2x 2880 vs 2048
2.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,046 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8905 vs 6138

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 May 2014 vs 14 June 2012
Texture fill rate	338 billion / sec vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2880 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	2x 5,046 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8905 vs 6138

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 705 MHz
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 375 Watt
785.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 639
Around 40% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 31775 vs 22732
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 84.462 vs 66.419
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1734.394 vs 1261.593
Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.988 vs 7.89
4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 86.984 vs 17.882
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 460.234 vs 309.857

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 705 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt vs 375 Watt
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	720 vs 639
Geekbench - OpenCL	31775 vs 22732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	84.462 vs 66.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1734.394 vs 1261.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.988 vs 7.89
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	86.984 vs 17.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	460.234 vs 309.857

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8905

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

639

720

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

22732

31775

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.419

84.462

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1261.593

1734.394

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.89

8.988

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17.882

86.984

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

309.857

460.234

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z	AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	8905	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	639	720
Geekbench - OpenCL	22732	31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.419	84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1261.593	1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.89	8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	17.882	86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	309.857	460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2226
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2226
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	17055

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK110B	Tahiti
Launch date	28 May 2014	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999	$3,999
Place in performance rating	340	342
Price now	$1,580
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	6.46
Technical info
Boost clock speed	876 MHz
Core clock speed	705 MHz	975 MHz
CUDA cores	5760
Floating-point performance	2x 5,046 gflops	3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 2880	2048
Texture fill rate	338 billion / sec	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
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)	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	672 GB / s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	768-bit (384-bit per GPU)	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA