FirePro W9000 vs Radeon R9 M270X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W9000 and Radeon R9 M270X, 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 W9000 stacks up against Radeon R9 M270X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon R9 M270X
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W9000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M270X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W9000 and Radeon R9 M270X are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 250 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.
  • FirePro W9000 and Radeon R9 M270X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 4375 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 6−7
ultra / 1080p 21−24 4−5
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 16−18
medium / 1080p 40−45 8−9
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon R9 M270X
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tahiti Venus
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 21 March 2014
Pipelines 2048 640
Core clock speed 975 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 775 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8 31.00
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 72 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 460 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 10
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
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