FirePro S9000 vs Radeon HD 6970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 6970. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 6970. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro S9000 Radeon HD 6970
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 550 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970 has 57% more power consumption, than FirePro S9000.
  • FirePro S9000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro S9000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6970 - with Terascale 2.
  • FirePro S9000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Both graphics cards are the same length of 267 mm.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S9000 is 4125 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 9−10
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−35
medium / 1080p 40−45 18−20
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon HD 6970.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9000 Radeon HD 6970
Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 2
Code name Tahiti Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 August 2012 14 December 2010
Pipelines 1792 1536
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Boost Clock 880 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 84.48
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 92 Mh/s 273 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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