AMD Radeon Pro 570 vs AMD Radeon R9 280

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 570 and AMD Radeon R9 280 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 Radeon Pro 570

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1105 MHz vs 933 MHz
  • Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 112.0 GTexel / s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 7% better floating-point performance: 3,584 gflops vs 3,344 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
  • 5.4x more memory clock speed: 6800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6337 vs 5562
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 697 vs 665
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 74.958 vs 67.829
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.94 vs 6.495
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.457 vs 79.909
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 436.958 vs 365.384
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2017 vs 4 March 2014
Boost clock speed 1105 MHz vs 933 MHz
Texture fill rate 112.0 GTexel / s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 3,584 gflops vs 3,344 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed 6800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6337 vs 5562
PassMark - G2D Mark 697 vs 665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 74.958 vs 67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.94 vs 6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 89.457 vs 79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 436.958 vs 365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3337

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1266.685 vs 1070.209
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7957 vs 7664
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 2340
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7957 vs 7664
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 2340
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1266.685 vs 1070.209
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7957 vs 7664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 vs 2340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7957 vs 7664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 vs 2340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 570
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6337
5562
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
697
665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
74.958
67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1070.209
1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.94
6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
89.457
79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
436.958
365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7664
7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2340
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7664
7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2340
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3337
Name AMD Radeon Pro 570 AMD Radeon R9 280
PassMark - G3D Mark 6337 5562
PassMark - G2D Mark 697 665
Geekbench - OpenCL 30300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 74.958 67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1070.209 1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.94 6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 89.457 79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 436.958 365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7664 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2340 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7664 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2340 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2009

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 570 AMD Radeon R9 280

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 20 Tahiti
Launch date 5 June 2017 4 March 2014
Place in performance rating 421 423
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $279

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1105 MHz 933 MHz
Core clock speed 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,584 gflops 3,344 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1792 1792
Texture fill rate 112.0 GTexel / s 104.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 200 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 4,313 million
Stream Processors 1792

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 217.6 GB / s 240 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6800 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)