AMD FirePro W8100 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8100 and AMD Radeon R9 280X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro W8100

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 131.8 GTexel / s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
Around 3% better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 4,096 gflops
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 250 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7333 vs 6173
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 727 vs 679
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 93.339 vs 89.187
Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2333.922 vs 1434.496
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.816 vs 7.656
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 112.45 vs 87.459

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 June 2014 vs 8 October 2013
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops vs 4,096 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7333 vs 6173
PassMark - G2D Mark	727 vs 679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	93.339 vs 89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2333.922 vs 1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.816 vs 7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	112.45 vs 87.459

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 493.57 vs 440.107
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9603 vs 5494
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9603 vs 5494

Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	493.57 vs 440.107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9603 vs 5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9603 vs 5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7333

6173

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

727

679

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

93.339

89.187

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2333.922

1434.496

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8.816

7.656

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

112.45

87.459

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

440.107

493.57

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5494

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3699

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5494

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3699

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3357

Name	AMD FirePro W8100	AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G3D Mark	7333	6173
PassMark - G2D Mark	727	679
Geekbench - OpenCL	34705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	93.339	89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2333.922	1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.816	7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	112.45	87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	440.107	493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5494	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5494	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W8100	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Hawaii	Tahiti
Launch date	23 June 2014	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	395	394
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	824 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	2048
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s	128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	4,313 million
Boost clock speed		1000 MHz
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)