FirePro S9000 vs Radeon R9 270X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S9000 and Radeon R9 270X. 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 R9 270X. 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 R9 270X
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 180 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S9000 has 94% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 270X.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro S9000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 270X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 270X - with GCN.
  • FirePro S9000 and Radeon R9 270X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 24−27
ultra / 1080p 21−24 14−16
QHD / 1440p 16−18 10−11
4K / 2160p 10−11 6−7
low / 720p 60−65 45−50
medium / 1080p 40−45 30−35
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 45% more, than Radeon R9 270X.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9000 Radeon R9 270X
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Tahiti Curacao XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 August 2012 8 October 2013
Pipelines 1792 1280
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 84.00
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 2,688 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 179.2 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 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 92 Mh/s 318 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
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Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 163 Sol/s
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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