FirePro S9100 vs FirePro W9100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking280not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.98no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameHawaiiHawaii
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date26 March 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 cores28162560
Core clock speed930 MHz824 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)750 Watt750 Watt
Texture fill rate163.7131.8
Floating-point processing power5.238 TFLOPS4.219 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs176160

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 3.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length275 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthfull height / full length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s320 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 S-VideoNo outputs
StereoOutput3D+-
Dual-link DVI support+-
HD сomponent video output+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.36.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 March 2014 2 October 2014
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB

FirePro W9100 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

FirePro S9100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W9100 and FirePro S9100. We've got no test results to judge.


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