RTX A2000 12 GB vs FirePro S9150

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated139
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data87.84
Power efficiencyno data36.59
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameHawaiiGA106
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 August 2014 (10 years ago)23 November 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores28163328
Core clock speed900 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)235 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate158.4124.8
Floating-point processing power5.069 TFLOPS7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs176104
Tensor Coresno data104
Ray Tracing Coresno data26

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm167 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s288.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 August 2014 23 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 235 Watt 70 Watt

FirePro S9150 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A2000 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 235.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro S9150 and RTX A2000 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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