FirePro S10000 Passive 12GB vs FirePro S9000
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 385 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.98 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 4.06 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 24 August 2012 (12 years ago) | 1 March 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,499 | $3,599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 1792 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 825 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 950 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 375 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 100.8 | 106.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.226 TFLOPS | 3.405 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | 112 |
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 | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 305 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 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 | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 264 GB/s | 240.0 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 | 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | 1 | no data |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 August 2012 | 1 March 2014 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 375 Watt |
FirePro S9000 has 7.1% lower power consumption.
S10000 Passive 12GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between FirePro S9000 and FirePro S10000 Passive 12GB. 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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