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.

 

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 6166
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 727 vs 677
  • 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 6166
PassMark - G2D Mark 727 vs 677
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
6166
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
727
677
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 6166
PassMark - G2D Mark 727 677
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)