FirePro S9100 vs FirePro D700
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 370 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.56 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | Hawaii |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 2 October 2014 (10 years ago) |
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 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 824 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 6,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 750 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 108.8 | 131.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.482 TFLOPS | 4.219 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | 160 |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 279 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1370 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 263.0 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
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 | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 2 October 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 750 Watt |
FirePro D700 has 173.7% lower power consumption.
FirePro S9100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between FirePro D700 and FirePro S9100. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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