FirePro S10000 vs Radeon HD 7970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S10000 and Radeon HD 7970, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro S10000 stacks up against Radeon HD 7970, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro S10000 Radeon HD 7970
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S10000 has 150% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7970.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro S10000 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S10000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
  • FirePro S10000 and Radeon HD 7970 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S10000 is 31 mm longer, than Radeon HD 7970.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S10000 is 3625 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
FirePro S10000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro S10000 Radeon HD 7970
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Tahiti Tahiti XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 12 November 2012 22 December 2011
Pipelines 4096 2048
Core clock speed 825 MHz
Boost Clock 950 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 106.4 118.4
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops 3,789 gflops
Length 305 mm 274 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 480 GB/s 264 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 383 Mh/s 485 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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Form factor full height / full length
Dual-link DVI support +
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