AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM vs ATI FirePro V9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM and ATI FirePro V9800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

ATI FirePro V9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 9 September 2010
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

2.3x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
3.1x more pipelines: 1600 vs 512
2.9x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 379
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 1392

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 379
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 1392

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V9800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

379

655

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1392

2727

Name	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	ATI FirePro V9800
PassMark - G2D Mark	379	655
PassMark - G3D Mark	1392	2727
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		118.756

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	ATI FirePro V9800
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cape Verde	Cypress
Launch date	21 December 2013	9 September 2010
Place in performance rating	604	631
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	930 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	1600
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s	68.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5