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AMD FirePro S9050

The AMD FirePro S9050 is a workstation graphics card released on August 6, 2014, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 12 GB of GDDR5 memory, 264.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 900 MHz and a 225 W board power rating. It scores 4,901 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.0 and OpenCL 2.0.

GCNTahiti PRO GL28 nmWorkstation

7/10 key specs recorded · 46 facts

Depth: 38 recorded fields, 4 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

12 GB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

900 MHz base

Board power

225 W

Performance

The AMD FirePro S9050 scores 4,901 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 80.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #555), measured across 2 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 369.

PassMark G3D Mark

4,901

Rank #555
Faster than 80.1% of 2,658 GPUs
2 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 86 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 72.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 28 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 65.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 28 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 57.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 14 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 45.3% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,395 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 67.9% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD FirePro S9050 averages DirectX 9 86 fps, DirectX 10 28 fps, DirectX 11 28 fps, DirectX 12 14 fps and GPU Compute 2,395 ops/s, across 2 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

FP32 (single precision) 3.23 TFLOPS stated by AMD

FP64 (double precision) 0.806 TFLOPS stated by AMD

AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 3.23 TFLOPS and FP64 (double precision) 0.806 TFLOPS for the AMD FirePro S9050.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2020-09-21

Samples 2

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Tahiti PRO GL

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The AMD FirePro S9050 is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Tahiti PRO GL graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.

Shader configuration

Shading units Not recorded

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 112

Render output units (ROPs) 32

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD FirePro S9050 112 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.

The AMD FirePro S9050 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics.

Clock speeds

Base clock 900 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD FirePro S9050 runs at a base clock of 900 MHz.

Memory

Size 12 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth 264.0 GB/s

The AMD FirePro S9050 is equipped with 12 GB of GDDR5 memory and delivers 264.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD FirePro S9050 has a board power rating of 225 W, a total board power of 225 W, power is supplied through 1x8-Pin, the card occupies 2-slot, it is 267 mm long, cooling is Passive and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 225 W

Total board power 225 W

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors 1x8-Pin

Slot width 2-slot

Length 267 mm

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Passive

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched August 6, 2014

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor PCIe Add-in Card

Segment Data Center

Series FirePro

The AMD FirePro S9050 was released on August 6, 2014.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 4,901

PassMark G2D 369

Rank #555

Samples 2

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD FirePro S9050 supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.0 and OpenCL 2.0.

DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.0

OpenCL 2.0

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD FirePro S9050.

Features

The AMD FirePro S9050 has 1 supported feature recorded and 1 feature explicitly listed as not supported outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: ECC memory

Error-correcting memory that detects and fixes memory bit errors, mainly valued in workstation and data-center use.

Not listed (3)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD FirePro S9050 supports AMD AI accelerators, Tensor cores and AMD CrossFire. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD FirePro S9050 supports ECC memory under Compute and AI.

Display features

Not supported (1)

Explicitly not supported: Stereoscopic 3D

What it is: Support for stereoscopic 3D output to compatible displays.

Not listed (7)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD FirePro S9050 supports HDMI 4K output, AMD FreeSync, 10-bit color output, VR ready, 8K display output, HDR output and 12-bit color output. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

Stereoscopic 3D is explicitly listed as not supported.

Media engine

Feex holds no codec support statement for the AMD FirePro S9050.

AMD Unified Video Decoder SupportedAMD's older dedicated video-decoding block found on many GCN-era and earlier Radeon GPUs.

AMD Video Coding Engine SupportedAMD's older dedicated video-encoding block found on many GCN-era Radeon GPUs.

Not listed: H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD FirePro S9050 supports these codecs; that is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

Media engines recorded for the AMD FirePro S9050: AMD Unified Video Decoder and AMD Video Coding Engine.

Display outputs

The AMD FirePro S9050 offers outputs 1x DisplayPort 1.2 and DisplayPort 1.2.

Outputs 1x DisplayPort 1.2

DisplayPort 1.2

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD FirePro S9050 have?

The AMD FirePro S9050 has 12 GB of GDDR5 memory. Its memory bandwidth is 264.0 GB/s.

How much power does the AMD FirePro S9050 use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD FirePro S9050 has a board power rating of 225 W. Power connectors: 1x8-Pin.

How fast is the AMD FirePro S9050?

The AMD FirePro S9050 scores 4,901 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 80.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #555. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 14 fps.