AMD Radeon R9 270X vs ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View 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.

AMD Radeon R9 270X

ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
21x more texture fill rate: 84 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 1280 vs 80
33.6x better floating-point performance: 2,688 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
28.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4870 vs 170
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 612 vs 352

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 1 April 2010
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 80
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4870 vs 170
PassMark - G2D Mark	612 vs 352

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

10.6x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 180 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4870

170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

612

352

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
PassMark - G3D Mark	4870	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	612	352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	63.87
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1772

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Curacao	Cedar
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	1 April 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	453	454
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	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	80
Stream Processors	1280
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	17 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	292 million
Core clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)