Switch GPU 16nm vs FirePro W9000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking339not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.95no data
Power efficiency3.98no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameTahitiGM20B
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date14 June 2012 (12 years ago)16 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,999 $299

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 cores2048256
Core clock speed975 MHz384 MHz
Boost clock speedno data768 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate124.812.29
Floating-point processing power3.994 TFLOPS0.3932 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12816

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 x16IGP
Length279 mm239 mm
Width2-slotIGP
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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth264 GB/s25.6 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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDINo outputs
StereoOutput3D+-
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1
CUDA-5.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 June 2012 16 August 2019
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 15 Watt

FirePro W9000 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Switch GPU 16nm, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 2233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W9000 and Switch GPU 16nm. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W9000 is a workstation graphics card while Switch GPU 16nm is a desktop one.


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