GeForce GTX 555 OEM vs FirePro S9000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 430 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.43 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 4.09 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | GF114 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 24 August 2012 (12 years ago) | 14 May 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,499 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 1792 | 288 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 736 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 1,950 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 100.8 | 35.33 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.226 TFLOPS | 0.8479 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 24 |
| TMUs | 112 | 48 |
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 | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 210 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-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 | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 957 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 264 GB/s | 91.87 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
| DisplayPort count | 1 | no data |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 August 2012 | 14 May 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 150 Watt |
FirePro S9000 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
GTX 555 OEM, on the other hand, has 133.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro S9000 and GeForce GTX 555 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro S9000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 555 OEM is a desktop one.
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