FirePro S9000 vs FirePro W5000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S9000 and FirePro W5000, 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 FirePro W5000, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro S9000 FirePro W5000
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S9000 has 366% more power consumption, than FirePro W5000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro S9000 has 4 GB more memory, than FirePro W5000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S9000 and FirePro W5000 are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro S9000 is 75 MHz higher, than FirePro W5000.
  • FirePro S9000 and FirePro W5000 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S9000 is 84 mm longer, than FirePro W5000.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S9000 is 2300 MHz higher, than FirePro W5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 9−10
QHD / 1440p 16−18 4−5
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 125% more, than FirePro W5000.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9000 FirePro W5000
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tahiti Pitcairn
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 24 August 2012 7 August 2012
Pipelines 1792 768
Core clock speed 900 MHz 825 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 39.60
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 1,267 gflops
Length 267 mm 183 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 92 Mh/s 154 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length full height / half length
DisplayPort count 1 2
Dual-link DVI support + +
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