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 6171
- 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 6171 |
| 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
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| Name | AMD FirePro W8100 | AMD Radeon R9 280X |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7333 | 6171 |
| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | 4 | |
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| Eyefinity | ||
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| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| 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 |
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| AppAcceleration | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| DDMA audio | ||
| FreeSync | ||
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| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
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