AMD FirePro S9300 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark data paints a clear picture of two very different devices with almost no overlap in their intended workloads. The AMD FirePro S9300 X2 wins nothing in the recorded head-to-head tests, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile takes both available benchmark victories. That does not mean the AMD card is without merit, but in the specific tests recorded in the database, it cannot match the mobile NVIDIA part.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile dominates the compute-oriented workloads. In Geekbench OpenCL, it scores 109,197 against the FirePro's 27,971, a delta of 74.4 percent in NVIDIA's favor. That is not a marginal advantage; it is a decisive generational leap in raw compute throughput. The Vulkan test shows a similar story, with the RTX 4070 Mobile scoring 108,367 versus 37,109 for the FirePro, a 65.8 percent gap. The NVIDIA part is nearly three times faster in OpenCL and nearly three times faster in Vulkan, according to the recorded measurements.

The AMD FirePro S9300 X2, however, sits in a different position. Its average benchmark score of 32,540 places it at the 77th percentile of all GPUs in the database. It trades blows with the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME (delta minus 0.2 percent), the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (delta plus 0.3 percent), the AMD FirePro S10000 (delta plus 0.5 percent), and the NVIDIA T600 Mobile (delta minus 0.9 percent). This is a card that sits in a crowded mid-pack of performance, competitive with a range of desktop and mobile parts but not leading any of them by a meaningful margin.

The NVIDIA part, by contrast, posts an average benchmark score of 27,435, which puts it at the 73rd percentile overall. That is actually lower than the FirePro's percentile, which shows how the distribution works: the RTX 4070 Mobile sits near the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (delta 0 percent), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (delta minus 0.5 percent), the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell (delta plus 1.1 percent), and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 (delta minus 1.5 percent). The mobile part is competitive with some very strong desktop GPUs, yet its overall percentile is dragged down by the wide range of benchmark results across its test suite.

Where each one wins depends on which metric matters. The RTX 4070 Mobile wins on raw compute in the two recorded head-to-head tests. The FirePro S9300 X2 wins in the sense of sitting at a higher percentile of all GPUs, suggesting that its average performance across a broader set of conditions is more consistently strong relative to the rest of the database.

Architecture Differences

The architectural divide between these two parts is enormous, and it explains the benchmark results better than any single specification. The AMD FirePro S9300 X2 uses the Capsaicin chip built on GCN 3.0 architecture, fabricated on a 28 nm process at TSMC. It packs 8,900 million transistors onto a 596 mm² die, which works out to a transistor density of 14.9 million per square millimeter. This is a large, power-hungry server part from the FirePro Server generation, released in 2016 and now end-of-life.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile uses the AD106 chip built on Ada Lovelace architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process, also at TSMC. It contains 22,900 million transistors on a much smaller 188 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 121.8 million per square millimeter. That is more than eight times the density of the AMD part, a direct consequence of the much newer manufacturing process. The RTX 4070 Mobile is from the GeForce 40 Mobile generation, released in 2023 and still active in production.

The memory subsystems are radically different. The FirePro S9300 X2 uses 4 GB of HBM on a 4096-bit bus, delivering 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 4070 Mobile uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 256.0 GB/s. The AMD card has twice the memory bandwidth, but the NVIDIA card has twice the memory capacity. The FirePro's memory clock is 500 MHz (1000 Mbps effective), while the RTX 4070 Mobile runs at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective). The newer GDDR6 standard operates at much higher effective speeds, but the narrow 128-bit bus limits total bandwidth.

The feature sets diverge sharply. The FirePro S9300 X2 has 4096 shading units, 256 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output pipelines. It has no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The RTX 4070 Mobile has 4608 shading units, 144 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, but it also includes 36 ray tracing cores and 144 tensor cores. Those dedicated hardware units enable features the AMD part simply cannot offer: hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI acceleration via tensor operations.

The API support reflects the age gap. The FirePro supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170. The RTX 4070 Mobile supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The newer DirectX 12 Ultimate feature level and the higher Vulkan version give the NVIDIA part access to more modern rendering techniques and optimizations.

Power and physical design are also worlds apart. The FirePro S9300 X2 has a 300 W TDP, requires a dual-slot cooler, needs two 8-pin power connectors, and demands a 700 W power supply. It is 267 mm long and 111 mm tall, with no display outputs whatsoever. The RTX 4070 Mobile has a 115 W TDP, uses an IGP form factor, requires no power connectors, and has display outputs described as portable device dependent. The AMD card is a server accelerator meant to be bolted into a workstation chassis; the NVIDIA part is a laptop GPU meant to disappear inside a portable machine.

The Verdict

The data supports a straightforward conclusion: these are not competing products, and no buyer should be choosing between them. The AMD FirePro S9300 X2 is an end-of-life server accelerator from 2016, built for compute workloads that prioritize memory bandwidth and raw throughput over modern features. Its 512.0 GB/s bandwidth on a 4096-bit HBM bus is its standout specification, and its 7.987 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is respectable for its era. Its benchmark performance is competitive with parts like the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, but it trails the RTX 4070 Mobile by 74.4 percent in OpenCL and 65.8 percent in Vulkan.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile is an active GeForce 40-series laptop part from 2023, with a 5 nm process, 15.62 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, and full support for modern APIs including DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4. It includes 36 ray tracing cores and 144 tensor cores, making it suitable for workloads the AMD part cannot handle at all. Its average benchmark score of 27,435 is lower than the FirePro's 32,540, but its raw compute performance in the recorded tests is dramatically higher.

Who should pick which? The data indicates the RTX 4070 Mobile is the choice for anyone running OpenCL or Vulkan workloads, where it is roughly three times faster than the FirePro. It is also the only option for portable devices, given its IGP form factor and lack of power connectors. The FirePro S9300 X2 would only make sense for legacy server deployments that require its specific memory configuration or its dual-slot, 300 W design with 2x 8-pin power delivery. Even then, its end-of-life status and lack of display outputs limit its usefulness to compute-only server environments.

The launch MSRP of the FirePro S9300 X2 was 5,999 USD. The RTX 4070 Mobile has no recorded launch MSRP, which is typical for mobile parts sold as part of laptops rather than as standalone products.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in OpenCL?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile scores 109,197 in Geekbench OpenCL, while the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 scores 27,971. The NVIDIA part leads by 74.4 percent.

Q: Does the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 support ray tracing?

A: No. The FirePro S9300 X2 has no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The RTX 4070 Mobile, by contrast, has 36 ray tracing cores and 144 tensor cores.

Q: Which GPU has more memory bandwidth?

A: The AMD FirePro S9300 X2 has 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth across a 4096-bit HBM bus. The RTX 4070 Mobile has 256.0 GB/s across a 128-bit GDDR6 bus.

Q: How do their percentiles compare?

A: The FirePro S9300 X2 sits at the 77th percentile of all GPUs in the database, while the RTX 4070 Mobile sits at the 73rd percentile.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The FirePro S9300 X2 has a 300 W TDP and requires a 700 W power supply with two 8-pin connectors. The RTX 4070 Mobile has a 115 W TDP and needs no external power connectors.

Q: Can the FirePro S9300 X2 output video?

A: No. The FirePro S9300 X2 has no display outputs. The RTX 4070 Mobile has display outputs that are portable device dependent.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The two recorded head-to-head tests both go to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile, and both by very large margins.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4070 Mobile scores 109,197 against the FirePro S9300 X2's 27,971. That is a delta of 74.4 percent in NVIDIA's favor. This is the larger of the two gaps, and it reflects the massive difference in FP32 compute: the RTX 4070 Mobile delivers 15.62 TFLOPS, while the FirePro delivers 7.987 TFLOPS. The NVIDIA part has more shading units (4608 versus 4096), but the bigger factor is the architectural efficiency of Ada Lovelace on a 5 nm process versus GCN 3.0 on 28 nm.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 4070 Mobile scores 108,367 against the FirePro's 37,109, a delta of 65.8 percent. The gap narrows slightly compared to OpenCL, but the NVIDIA part still more than doubles the AMD card's score. The FirePro's Vulkan support stops at version 1.2.170, while the RTX 4070 Mobile supports Vulkan 1.4, which likely contributes to the performance difference in Vulkan-specific workloads.

The FirePro S9300 X2's best recorded benchmark result is its Vulkan score of 37,109, which is its higher of the two tests. Its OpenCL score of 27,971 is notably lower. The RTX 4070 Mobile's Passmark results add context: it scores 19,587 in G3D, 8,399 in GPU compute, 763 in G2D, and 223 in DirectX 9, 179 in DirectX 11, 116 in DirectX 10, and 85 in DirectX 12. These additional tests, while not part of the head-to-head comparison, show a wide range of performance across different workload types.

The pattern is consistent: the newer NVIDIA part wins decisively in every compute test recorded in the database. The AMD part's advantages in memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s versus 256.0 GB/s) and memory bus width (4096-bit versus 128-bit) do not translate into benchmark victories in these particular workloads. The data suggests that raw bandwidth matters less than architectural efficiency in modern OpenCL and Vulkan applications.

Specification Differences

The specification table shows where these two GPUs diverge, and nearly every field tells the same story of a generational chasm.

The process node differs completely: the FirePro S9300 X2 uses 28 nm, while the RTX 4070 Mobile uses 5 nm. The transistor count is also vastly different at 8,900 million versus 22,900 million, with die sizes of 596 mm² versus 188 mm². Transistor density jumps from 14.9M per square millimeter versus 121.8M per square millimeter.

Memory capacity differs: 4 GB versus 8 GB, with HBM versus GDDR6. Bus width is 4096-bit versus 128-bit, and bandwidth is 512.0 GB/s versus 256.0 GB/s. Memory clock is 500 MHz (1000 Mbps effective) versus 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective).

Compute resources differ in shading units (4096 versus 4608), TMUs (256 versus 144), and ROPs (64 versus 48). The RTX 4070 Mobile adds 36 ray tracing cores and 144 tensor cores; the FirePro has neither. Pixel rate is 62.40 GPixel/s versus 81.36 GPixel/s, while texture rate is 249.6 GTexel/s versus 244.1 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 7.987 TFLOPS versus 15.62 TFLOPS, and the RTX 4070 Mobile also delivers 15.62 TFLOPS FP16 (1:1), which the FirePro does not record at all.

Power consumption is 300 W versus 115 W TDP. The FirePro S9300 X2 is dual-slot with 2x 8-pin power connectors and a 700 W suggested PSU. The RTX 4070 Mobile is IGP form factor with no power connectors and no suggested PSU listed. Bus interface is PCIe 3.0 x16 versus PCIe 4.0 x8. Display outputs are no outputs versus portable device dependent.

API support differs: DirectX 12 (12_0) versus DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_0), OpenGL 4.6 on both, Vulkan 1.2.170 versus Vulkan 1.4. Production status is end-of-life versus active, with release dates of 2016-03-30 versus 2023-01-02, predecessor FirePro Terascale versus GeForce 30 Mobile, and successor Radeon Pro GCN versus GeForce 50 Mobile. The FirePro S9300 X2 has a launch MSRP of 5,999 USD; the RTX 4070 Mobile has no launch MSRP recorded in the database.