FirePro S9100 vs RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 49 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 35.83 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | AD103 | Hawaii |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 21 March 2023 (2 years ago) | 2 October 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 | 9728 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 1425 MHz | 824 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2115 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 45,900 million | 6,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 750 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 643.0 | 131.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 41.15 TFLOPS | 4.219 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 112 | 64 |
| TMUs | 304 | 160 |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 76 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 9.5 MB | 640 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 MB | 1024 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 | large | no data |
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 576.0 GB/s | 320 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 | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 21 March 2023 | 2 October 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 750 Watt |
RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 8 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 525% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile and FirePro S9100. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation graphics card while FirePro S9100 is a workstation one.
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