FirePro S9000 vs Radeon Pro W6600X
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro W6600X and FirePro S9000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Pro W6600X outperforms S9000 by a whopping 159% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 186 | 425 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 21.09 | 0.43 |
| Power efficiency | 19.72 | 4.06 |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Navi 23 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 3 August 2021 (3 years ago) | 24 August 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $2,499 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Pro W6600X has 4805% better value for money than FirePro S9000.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 2068 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2479 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 11,060 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 317.3 | 100.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 10.15 TFLOPS | 3.226 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 32 | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 264 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2.131 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 30.37 | 11.72 |
| Recency | 3 August 2021 | 24 August 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 350 Watt |
Pro W6600X has a 159.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 191.7% lower power consumption.
The Radeon Pro W6600X is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro S9000 in performance tests.
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