AMD Radeon Pro W6800X vs AMD Radeon R9 280
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- 2.2x more boost clock speed: 2075 MHz vs 933 MHz
- 4765.6x more texture fill rate: 498.0 GTexel/s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
- 2.1x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1792
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
- 10.7x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 3 GB
- Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1250 MHz
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3723 vs 3698
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3723 vs 3698
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3337
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3337
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 Aug 2021 vs 4 March 2014 |
| Boost clock speed | 2075 MHz vs 933 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 498.0 GTexel/s vs 104.5 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 3840 vs 1792 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 28 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB vs 3 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1250 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3723 vs 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3723 vs 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3360 vs 3337 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3360 vs 3337 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 400 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt vs 400 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6800X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280
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| Name | AMD Radeon Pro W6800X | AMD Radeon R9 280 |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3723 | 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3723 | 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3360 | 3337 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3360 | 3337 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 122443 | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5563 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 665 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 67.829 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1266.685 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.495 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 79.909 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 365.384 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7957 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7957 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2009 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon Pro W6800X | AMD Radeon R9 280 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Navi 21 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 3 Aug 2021 | 4 March 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 427 | 423 |
| Type | Workstation | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $279 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2075 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Compute units | 60 | |
| Core clock speed | 1800 MHz | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 996.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 31.87 TFLOPS (2:1) | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 15.94 TFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 3840 | 1792 |
| Pixel fill rate | 199.2 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 498.0 GTexel/s | 104.5 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 400 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Transistor count | 26800 million | 4,313 million |
| Floating-point performance | 3,344 gflops | |
| Stream Processors | 1792 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm (10.5 inches) | 275 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 800 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin |
| Width | Quad-slot | |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 512 GB/s | 240 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) | 1250 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| CrossFire | ||
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| LiquidVR | ||
| TressFX | ||
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