FirePro W9000 vs GeForce GTX 960

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W9000 and GeForce GTX 960, 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 GeForce GTX 960, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W9000 GeForce GTX 960
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pins
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
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  • FirePro W9000 has 191% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 960.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W9000 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 960.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and GeForce GTX 960 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960 is 152 MHz higher, than FirePro W9000.
  • FirePro W9000 and GeForce GTX 960 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W9000 is 270 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 960.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 5493 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960.

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 W9000 and GeForce GTX 960 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 GeForce GTX 960
Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Tahiti GM206
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 22 January 2015
Pipelines 2048 1024
Core clock speed 975 MHz 1127 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8 72 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops 2,413 gflops
Length 279 mm 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 112 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.27 kh/s
CUDA cores 1024
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 460 Mh/s 318 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.92 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 8 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 141.47 Sol/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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