FirePro S9050 vs W7000

Place in performance ranking	390	362
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	6.74	2.22
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Tahiti
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	13 June 2012 (11 years old)	7 August 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	no data
Current price	$195 (0.2x MSRP)	$782

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W7000 has 204% better value for money than FirePro S9050.

Technical specs

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	1280	1792
Core clock speed	950 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	76.00	100.8
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops	3,226 gflops

Size and 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	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm	254 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	full height / full length
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin

Memory

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	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	264 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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	4x DisplayPort	1x DisplayPort
StereoOutput3D	1	no data
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data

API support

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

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 W7000 11.04

FirePro S9050 12.65
+14.6%

S9050 outperforms W7000 by 15% 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 W7000 4276

FirePro S9050 4901
+14.6%

S9050 outperforms W7000 by 15% in Passmark.