FirePro S9050 vs D700
Aggregated performance score
D700 outperforms S9050 by a small 9% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 349 | 365 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.13 | 2.26 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 7 August 2014 (9 years ago) |
| Current price | $413 | $782 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
FirePro D700 has 127% better value for money than FirePro S9050.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 108.8 | 100.8 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,482 gflops | 3,226 gflops |
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 | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 279 mm | 254 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5480 MHz | 5500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 263.0 GB/s | 264 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 | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | 1x DisplayPort |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics 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 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 13.85 | 12.67 |
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 7 August 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 225 Watt |
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between FirePro D700 and FirePro S9050.
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