FirePro S9170
VS
Radeon Instinct MI8
FirePro S9170
VS
Radeon Instinct MI8

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards FirePro S9170 and Radeon Instinct MI8. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
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GCN 2.0
Architecture
GCN 3.0
8 July 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
12 December 2016 (5 years ago)
$1680
Price now
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Hawaii
GPU code name
Fiji
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between FirePro S9170 and Radeon Instinct MI8 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

930 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
163.7
Texture fill rate
256.0
5,238 gflops
Floating-point performance
8,192 gflops
2816
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
6,200 million
Number of transistors
8,900 million
275 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
175 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the FirePro S9170 and Radeon Instinct MI8.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
152 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

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 FirePro S9170 and Radeon Instinct MI8 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
HBM
32 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
512 Bit
Memory bus width
4096 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
320.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
512.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards FirePro S9170 and Radeon Instinct MI8, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is FirePro S9170 and Radeon Instinct MI8. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.3
Shader Model
6.3
2.0
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for FirePro S9170 and Radeon Instinct MI8 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 FirePro S9170 or Radeon Instinct MI8 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) FirePro S9170
Radeon Instinct MI8
Death Stranding (2020) FirePro S9170
Radeon Instinct MI8
F1 2020 (2020) FirePro S9170
Radeon Instinct MI8
Gears Tactics (2020) FirePro S9170
Radeon Instinct MI8
Doom Eternal (2020) FirePro S9170
Radeon Instinct MI8
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 FirePro S9170

More maximum RAM amount (32 GB vs 4 GB)

Advantages of Radeon Instinct MI8

More memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s vs 320.0 GB/s)

So, FirePro S9170 or Radeon Instinct MI8?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend FirePro S9170 .

FirePro S9170 versus Radeon Instinct MI8 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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