AMD Radeon R9 270X vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD FirePro W8000 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, 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R9 270X

AMD FirePro W8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4875 vs 4164
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 612 vs 528
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8068 vs 7400
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8068 vs 7400

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 14 June 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4875 vs 4164
PassMark - G2D Mark	612 vs 528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8068 vs 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8068 vs 7400

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 64.628 vs 63.87
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 387.109 vs 315.412

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.628 vs 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	387.109 vs 315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4875

4164

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

612

528

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

63.87

64.628

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

315.412

387.109

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8068

7400

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3706

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8068

7400

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3706

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3357

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270X	AMD FirePro W8000
PassMark - G3D Mark	4875	4164
PassMark - G2D Mark	612	528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	63.87	64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.412	387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8068	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8068	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1772
Geekbench - OpenCL		24518

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270X	AMD FirePro W8000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Curacao	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$1,599
Place in performance rating	439	440
Price now	$399
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	16.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops	3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	1792
Stream Processors	1280
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s	100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	4,313 million
Core clock speed		900 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort count		4
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		279 mm
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	176 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		5500 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)