Radeon RX 6900 XT vs FirePro S9170

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated22
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data29.85
Power efficiencyno data16.03
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameHawaiiNavi 21
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date8 July 2015 (9 years ago)28 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

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 cores28165120
Core clock speed930 MHz1825 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2250 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate163.7720.0
Floating-point processing power5.238 TFLOPS23.04 TFLOPS
ROPs64128
TMUs176320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 GB16 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.0 GB/s512.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputs1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 July 2015 28 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 300 Watt

FirePro S9170 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 9.1% lower power consumption.

RX 6900 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro S9170 and Radeon RX 6900 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro S9170 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6900 XT is a desktop one.


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