GeForce RTX 4070 vs FirePro S9300 X2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 31 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 60 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 63.11 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 24.72 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Capsaicin | AD104 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 31 March 2016 (9 years ago) | 12 April 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $5,999 | $599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
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 | 4096 ×2 | 5888 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 1920 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2475 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,900 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 217.6 ×2 | 455.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.963 TFLOPS ×2 | 29.15 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 ×2 | 64 |
| TMUs | 256 ×2 | 184 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 184 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 46 |
| L1 Cache | 1 MB | 5.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 36 MB |
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 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 240 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 16-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 | HBM | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB ×2 | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit ×2 | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s ×2 | 504.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 31 March 2016 | 12 April 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 200 Watt |
RTX 4070 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro S9300 X2 and GeForce RTX 4070. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro S9300 X2 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4070 is a desktop one.
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