GeForce RTX 4070 vs FirePro S9000

Aggregated performance score

FirePro S9000
2012
6144 MB GDDR5
13.07

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms FirePro S9000 by 434% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking35817
Place by popularitynot in top-10026
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation4.3226.31
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameTahitiAD104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date24 August 2012 (11 years ago)13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 $599
Current price$433 (0.2x MSRP)$791 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4070 has 509% better value for money than FirePro S9000.

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 cores17925888
Core clock speed900 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2475 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate100.8455.4
Floating-point performance3,226 gflopsno data

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm240 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 16-pin

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount6 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed5500 MHz21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth264 GB/s504.2 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+
DisplayPort count1no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDAno data8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro S9000 13.07
RTX 4070 69.79
+434%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms FirePro S9000 by 434% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro S9000 5059
RTX 4070 27018
+434%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms FirePro S9000 by 434% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD35−40
−506%
212
+506%
1440p21−24
−471%
120
+471%
4K12−14
−500%
72
+500%

Pros & Cons Summary


Performance score 13.07 69.79
Recency 24 August 2012 13 April 2023
Cost $2499 $599
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 200 Watt

The GeForce RTX 4070 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro S9000 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro S9000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4070 is a desktop one.


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