FirePro S9050 vs Radeon HD 6930

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S9050 and Radeon HD 6930. 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 S9050 and Radeon HD 6930. 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 S9050 Radeon HD 6930
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 186 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S9050 has 20% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • FirePro S9050 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6930 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro S9050 has 11 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S9050 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6930 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro S9050 is 150 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • FirePro S9050 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6930 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S9050 is 34 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S9050 is 700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6930.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 9−10
ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 21−24
medium / 1080p 24−27 10−12
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S9050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 6930.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9050 Radeon HD 6930
Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 3
Code name Tahiti Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2014 1 December 2011
Pipelines 1792 1280
Core clock speed 900 MHz 750 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 60.00
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 1,920.0 gflops
Length 254 mm 220 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor full height / full length
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