FirePro S9000 vs GeForce GTX 480

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S9000 and GeForce GTX 480, 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 S9000 stacks up against GeForce GTX 480, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro S9000 GeForce GTX 480
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 6-pin & 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1536 MB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • FirePro S9000 has 40% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 480.
  • FirePro S9000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce GTX 480 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 480 has 1530 GB more memory, than FirePro S9000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and GeForce GTX 480 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro S9000 is 200 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 480.
  • FirePro S9000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and GeForce GTX 480 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S9000 is 257 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 480.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S9000 is 3652 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 480.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 21−24
ultra / 1080p 21−24 12−14
QHD / 1440p 16−18 6−7
4K / 2160p 10−11 5−6
low / 720p 60−65 40−45
medium / 1080p 40−45 24−27
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than GeForce GTX 480.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9000 GeForce GTX 480
Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Tahiti GF100
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 August 2012 7 December 2010
Pipelines 1792 480
Core clock speed 900 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 42 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 1,345.0 gflops
Length 267 mm 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 384 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 177.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.2
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 480
Bus support PCIe 3.0 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 92 Mh/s 117 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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