VGA Wonder vs FirePro S9170

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Wonder (1986−1992)
GPU code name	Hawaii	18800-1
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	8 July 2015 (8 years ago)	5 February 1990 (34 years ago)
Current price	$149	$268

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	2816	no data
Core clock speed	930 MHz	10 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	163.7	no data
Floating-point performance	5,238 gflops	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no data

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	DRAM
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	256 KB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	32 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	10 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB/s	40 MB/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

No outputs

1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	N/A
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 July 2015	5 February 1990
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	256 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	800 nm

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