NVIDIA Titan X Pascal vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Titan X Pascal 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA Titan X Pascal

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Titan X Pascal

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1417 MHz vs 975 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 342.9 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
2.7x better floating-point performance: 10,974 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 68299 vs 31775
Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 165.792 vs 84.462
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2368.267 vs 1734.394
Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.829 vs 8.988
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 992.132 vs 460.234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 August 2016 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed	1417 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate	342.9 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	10,974 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	68299 vs 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	165.792 vs 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2368.267 vs 1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.829 vs 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	992.132 vs 460.234

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 86.984 vs 21.354

Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	86.984 vs 21.354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

68299

31775

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

165.792

84.462

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2368.267

1734.394

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

17.829

8.988

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.354

86.984

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

992.132

460.234

Name	NVIDIA Titan X Pascal	AMD FirePro W9000
Geekbench - OpenCL	68299	31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	165.792	84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2368.267	1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.829	8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.354	86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	992.132	460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10841
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10841
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9646
PassMark - G3D Mark		6138
PassMark - G2D Mark		720

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Titan X Pascal	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP102	Tahiti
Launch date	2 August 2016	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199	$3,999
Place in performance rating	345	348
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1531 MHz
Core clock speed	1417 MHz	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	10,974 gflops	3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3584	2048
Texture fill rate	342.9 GTexel / s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	11,800 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	480.4 GB / s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5
Shared memory	0