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AMD FirePro S10000 Passive

AMD FirePro S10000 Passive: Professional Power in Silence

Review of the Graphics Card for Demanding Tasks (April 2025)

Introduction

In the world of professional hardware, the AMD FirePro S10000 Passive holds a special place. Released in 2024 as the successor to the Radeon Pro line, this graphics card combines the computational power of the CDNA 3.0 architecture with completely passive cooling. It is designed for engineers, designers, and scientists who value stability, silence, and performance. But how does it perform in 2025? Let's delve into the details.

Architecture and Key Features

CDNA 3.0 Architecture: Based on TSMC's 3nm process, the FirePro S10000 Passive is optimized for parallel computing. Unlike the gaming-focused RDNA 4, this card emphasizes double precision (FP64) — up to 12 TFLOPS, which is critical for scientific simulations.

Unique Features:

- FidelityFX Super Resolution 3.0: Support for upscaling in professional applications (e.g., rendering in 8K resolution with subsequent anti-aliasing).

- DirectX Raytracing (DXR): Hardware ray tracing, but focused on rendering in CAD programs rather than games.

- Infinity Cache 2.0: 128 MB of cache to reduce latency when working with large datasets.

Memory: Speed and Capacity

Type and Size: 32 GB HBM3e with a bandwidth of 2.4 TB/s. This is 2.5 times faster than GDDR6X in top gaming cards.

Impact on Performance:

- Rendering 8K Video: A 32 GB buffer allows seamless work on projects in DaVinci Resolve without slowdowns.

- Scientific Calculations: High bandwidth accelerates neural network processing and simulations in MATLAB.

Gaming Performance: Not Primary, But Interesting

The FirePro S10000 Passive is not a gaming card, but tests show some interesting results (Ultra settings, without FSR):

- Cyberpunk 2077 (1440p): ~45 FPS (without ray tracing), ~22 FPS (with ray tracing).

- Starfield (4K): ~35 FPS.

- Counter-Strike 2 (1080p): ~180 FPS.

Conclusion: For gaming, it's better to choose the Radeon RX 8900 XT, but the S10000 can handle less demanding projects or streaming.

Professional Tasks: Where It Shines

1. 3D Modeling: In Blender (Cycles), rendering a scene in 8 minutes compared to 12 minutes for the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada.

2. Video Editing: Editing 8K footage in Premiere Pro without stuttering on the timeline.

3. Scientific Calculations: Support for OpenCL 3.0 and ROCm 5.5 allows the card to be used in CFD simulations (e.g., ANSYS).

Important: CUDA acceleration is not available — that territory belongs to NVIDIA.

Power Consumption and Heat Generation

TDP: 300 W. Despite the passive cooling, the card requires a well-thought-out ventilation system.

Recommendations:

- A case with 4+ fans (e.g., Fractal Design Define 7 XL).

- At least 3 PCIe slots under the card for airflow.

- Maximum temperature under load: up to 85°C, but throttling starts only at 95°C.

Comparison with Competitors

AMD FirePro S10000 Passive:

- Memory: 32 GB HBM3e

- FP64 (TFLOPS): 12

- Price: $3,999

- Passive cooling: Yes

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada:

- Memory: 48 GB GDDR6X

- FP64 (TFLOPS): 1.5

- Price: $6,200

- Passive cooling: No

Radeon Pro W7900:

- Memory: 32 GB GDDR6

- FP64 (TFLOPS): 8

- Price: $3,500

- Passive cooling: No

Final Verdict: The S10000 outperforms NVIDIA in double precision tasks but falls short in ray tracing rendering.

Practical Tips

1. Power Supply: At least 800 W with an 80+ Platinum rating (e.g., Seasonic PRIME TX-850).

2. Platform: Compatible with PCIe 5.0 but works on 4.0 with a 3-5% performance loss.

3. Drivers: Update through AMD Pro Edition — they are more stable but released less frequently.

Pros and Cons

✅ Pros:

- Silence and reliability of passive design.

- Best-in-class FP64 performance.

- Support for ECC memory for precise calculations.

❌ Cons:

- High price ($3,999).

- Weak gaming potential.

- Demand for case cooling.

Final Conclusion: Who Is the FirePro S10000 Passive For?

This card is the choice for those who value silence and precision:

- Engineers: Calculations in CAE programs (e.g., SolidWorks).

- Scientists: Working with Big Data and neural networks.

- Studios: Rendering 3D animations without noisy fans.

If you need versatility or gaming capabilities, consider the Radeon Pro W7900 or GeForce RTX 5090. But if silence and specialized power are crucial, the S10000 Passive has no equal.

Prices are current as of April 2025. Check availability with official AMD partners.

Basic

Label Name

AMD

Platform

Desktop

Launch Date

November 2012

Model Name

FirePro S10000 Passive

Generation

FirePro

Base Clock

825MHz

Boost Clock

950MHz

Bus Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

Transistors

4,313 million

Compute Units

TMUs

Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) serve as components of the GPU, which are capable of rotating, scaling, and distorting binary images, and then placing them as textures onto any plane of a given 3D model. This process is called texture mapping.

112

Foundry

TSMC

Process Size

28 nm

Architecture

GCN 1.0

Memory Specifications

Memory Size

3GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bus

The memory bus width refers to the number of bits of data that the video memory can transfer within a single clock cycle. The larger the bus width, the greater the amount of data that can be transmitted instantaneously, making it one of the crucial parameters of video memory. The memory bandwidth is calculated as: Memory Bandwidth = Memory Frequency x Memory Bus Width / 8. Therefore, when the memory frequencies are similar, the memory bus width will determine the size of the memory bandwidth.

384bit

Memory Clock

1250MHz

Bandwidth

Memory bandwidth refers to the data transfer rate between the graphics chip and the video memory. It is measured in bytes per second, and the formula to calculate it is: memory bandwidth = working frequency × memory bus width / 8 bits.

240.0 GB/s

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate

Pixel fill rate refers to the number of pixels a graphics processing unit (GPU) can render per second, measured in MPixels/s (million pixels per second) or GPixels/s (billion pixels per second). It is the most commonly used metric to evaluate the pixel processing performance of a graphics card.

30.40 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

Texture fill rate refers to the number of texture map elements (texels) that a GPU can map to pixels in a single second.

106.4 GTexel/s

FP64 (double)

An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy, while single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.

851.2 GFLOPS

FP32 (float)

An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks, while double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.

3.337 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Shading Units

The most fundamental processing unit is the Streaming Processor (SP), where specific instructions and tasks are executed. GPUs perform parallel computing, which means multiple SPs work simultaneously to process tasks.

1792

L1 Cache

16 KB (per CU)

L2 Cache

768KB

TDP

375W

Vulkan Version

Vulkan is a cross-platform graphics and compute API by Khronos Group, offering high performance and low CPU overhead. It lets developers control the GPU directly, reduces rendering overhead, and supports multi-threading and multi-core processors.

1.2

OpenCL Version

1.2

OpenGL

4.6

DirectX

12 (11_1)

Power Connectors

2x 8-pin

Shader Model

5.1

ROPs

The Raster Operations Pipeline (ROPs) is primarily responsible for handling lighting and reflection calculations in games, as well as managing effects like anti-aliasing (AA), high resolution, smoke, and fire. The more demanding the anti-aliasing and lighting effects in a game, the higher the performance requirements for the ROPs; otherwise, it may result in a sharp drop in frame rate.

Suggested PSU

750W

Benchmarks

FP32 (float)

Score

3.337 TFLOPS

Compared to Other GPU

FP32 (float) / TFLOPS

Tesla K20c

3.594 +7.7%

Radeon R9 380

3.406 +2.1%

FirePro S10000 Passive

3.337

Radeon Pro 5300M

3.264 -2.2%

Arc A350

3.133 -6.1%