AMD Radeon R9 270X vs ATI FirePro V8700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and ATI FirePro V8700 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 V8700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.8x more texture fill rate: 84 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 800
2.2x better floating-point performance: 2,688 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4875 vs 1539
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 612 vs 527
22x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 152.6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 11 September 2008
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 800
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4875 vs 1539
PassMark - G2D Mark	612 vs 527
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 152.6

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 180 Watt
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8543 vs 3350

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8543 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4875

1539

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

612

527

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

8543

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

152.6

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI FirePro V8700
PassMark - G3D Mark	4875	1539
PassMark - G2D Mark	612	527
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	8543
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350	152.6
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1772

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI FirePro V8700
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Curacao	RV770
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	11 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$1,499
Place in performance rating	439	442
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	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1280	800
Stream Processors	1280
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	956 million
Core clock speed		750 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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	2x 6-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		3400 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)