FirePro S10000 Passive vs Radeon HD 6970
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 602 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.93 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.09 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Cayman | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 14 December 2010 (15 years ago) | 12 November 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $369 | $3,599 |
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 | 1536 | 3584 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 825 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 880 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,640 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 550 Watt | 750 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 84.48 | 106.4 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.703 TFLOPS | 3.405 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | 96 | 112 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 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).
| Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 286 mm | 305 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 6 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 480 GB/s ×2 |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 December 2010 | 12 November 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 550 Watt | 750 Watt |
HD 6970 has 36% lower power consumption.
S10000 Passive, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6970 and FirePro S10000 Passive. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6970 is a desktop graphics card while FirePro S10000 Passive is a workstation one.
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