AMD FirePro W9000
VS
AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD FirePro W9000
VS
AMD Radeon R9 285

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD FirePro W9000 and AMD Radeon R9 285. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

220
Place in performance rating
208
6.12
Value for money (0-100)
0.05
GCN 1.0
Architecture
GCN 3.0
Tahiti
Code name
Tonga
Workstation
Type
Desktop
14 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
2 September 2014 (7 years ago)
$3,999
Launch price (MSRP)
$249
$870 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
$385 (1.5x MSRP)
5.06
Value for money
13.04
Tahiti
GPU code name
Tonga
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD FirePro W9000 and AMD Radeon R9 285 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
1792
975 MHz
Core clock speed
918 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
5,000 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
350 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
190 Watt
124.8
Texture fill rate
102.8
3,994 gflops
Floating-point performance
3,290 gflops
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1792
4,313 million
Number of transistors
5,000 million
350 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
190 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD FirePro W9000 and AMD Radeon R9 285.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
279 mm
Length
221 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data
full height / full length
Form factor
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD FirePro W9000 and AMD Radeon R9 285 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5500 MHz
Memory clock speed
5500 MHz
264 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
176.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD FirePro W9000 and AMD Radeon R9 285, the size and number of monitors.

6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
no data
HDMI
+
1
StereoOutput3D
no data
1
Dual-link DVI support
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD FirePro W9000 and AMD Radeon R9 285. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro W9000 and AMD Radeon R9 285 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD FirePro W9000 or AMD Radeon R9 285 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro W9000
AMD Radeon R9 285
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro W9000
AMD Radeon R9 285
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro W9000
AMD Radeon R9 285
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro W9000
AMD Radeon R9 285
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro W9000
AMD Radeon R9 285
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD FirePro W9000

27.28% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 1792)

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (264 GB/s vs 176.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 285

Cheaper ($385 (1.5x MSRP) vs $870 (0.2x MSRP))

Less power consumption (190 Watt vs 350 Watt)

So, AMD FirePro W9000 or AMD Radeon R9 285?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro W9000 .

AMD FirePro W9000 versus AMD Radeon R9 285 performance benchmarks comparison

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