FirePro S9050 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 446 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 3.99 |
| Architecture | Rage 9 (2003−2006) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | M11 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 June 2004 (21 years ago) | 7 August 2014 (11 years ago) |
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 | 6 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 450 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 76 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.800 | 100.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 3.226 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 | 112 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 768 KB |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 254 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 8-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 | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 275 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 8.8 GB/s | 264 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 DisplayPort |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2004 | 7 August 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 28 nm |
FirePro S9050 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon 9700 and FirePro S9050. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon 9700 is a notebook graphics card while FirePro S9050 is a workstation one.
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