FirePro S9000 vs Radeon HD 7970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S9000 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 S9000 stacks up against Radeon HD 7970, check out specs charts below.

FirePro S9000

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Main Specs

	FirePro S9000	Radeon HD 7970
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	300 Watt
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	3 GB
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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FirePro S9000 has 16% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7970.
Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
FirePro S9000 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
FirePro S9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
Radeon HD 7970 is 7 mm longer, than FirePro S9000.
Memory clock speed of FirePro S9000 is 4125 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 S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
high / 1080p	55−60	55−60
ultra / 1080p	45−50	45−50
QHD / 1440p	35−40	35−40
4K / 2160p	18−20	18−20
low / 720p	100−110	100−110
medium / 1080p	60−65	60−65
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Battlefield 5.
low / 768p	50−55	50−55
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p	250−260	250−260
medium / 768p	220−230	220−230
ultra / 1080p	180−190	180−190
QHD / 1440p	110−120	110−120
4K / 2160p	70−75	70−75
high / 768p	210−220	210−220
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
low / 768p	60−65	60−65
medium / 1080p	55−60	55−60
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p	120−130	120−130
medium / 768p	110−120	110−120
ultra / 1080p	100−110	100−110
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Dota 2.
high / 1080p	45−50	45−50
ultra / 1080p	40−45	40−45
QHD / 1440p	27−30	27−30
4K / 2160p	14−16	14−16
low / 720p	80−85	80−85
medium / 1080p	45−50	45−50
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Far Cry 5.
high / 1080p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	45−50	45−50
QHD / 1440p	27−30	27−30
4K / 2160p	27−30	27−30
low / 720p	180−190	180−190
medium / 1080p	110−120	110−120
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Fortnite.
high / 1080p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	45−50	45−50
QHD / 1440p	30−35	30−35
4K / 2160p	24−27	24−27
low / 720p	100−110	100−110
medium / 1080p	65−70	65−70
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Forza Horizon 4.
low / 768p	140−150	140−150
medium / 768p	120−130	120−130
high / 1080p	70−75	70−75
ultra / 1080p	30−35	30−35
QHD / 1440p	21−24	21−24
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Grand Theft Auto V.
high / 1080p	24−27	24−27
ultra / 1080p	20−22	20−22
QHD / 1440p	16−18	16−18
4K / 2160p	8−9	8−9
low / 720p	65−70	65−70
medium / 1080p	30−35	30−35
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Metro Exodus.
low / 768p	130−140	130−140
medium / 1080p	120−130	120−130
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Minecraft.
ultra / 1080p	14−16	14−16
low / 720p	100−110	100−110
medium / 1080p	18−20	18−20
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS.
high / 1080p	24−27	24−27
ultra / 1080p	16−18	16−18
QHD / 1440p	10−11	10−11
4K / 2160p	7−8	7−8
low / 720p	65−70	65−70
medium / 1080p	35−40	35−40
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Red Dead Redemption 2.
low / 768p	130−140	130−140
medium / 768p	85−90	85−90
high / 1080p	45−50	45−50
ultra / 1080p	24−27	24−27
4K / 2160p	16−18	16−18
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
low / 768p	90−95	90−95
medium / 768p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	50−55	50−55
high / 768p	60−65	60−65
FirePro S9000 and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in World of Tanks.

Full Specs

	FirePro S9000	Radeon HD 7970
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN
Code name	Tahiti	Tahiti XT
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	24 August 2012	22 December 2011
Pipelines	1792	2048
Core clock speed	900 MHz
Boost Clock		925 MHz
Transistor count	4,313 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	100.8	118.4
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	3,789 gflops
Length	267 mm	274 mm
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	264 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)	92 Mh/s	485 Mh/s
Eyefinity		+
Design		reference
CrossFire		+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)		20.71 Mh/s
Form factor	full height / full length
DisplayPort count	1
Dual-link DVI support	+
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FirePro S9000 vs Radeon HD 7970

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