AMD Radeon R9 280 vs ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280 and ATI FirePro 2450 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 280

ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
21.8x more texture fill rate: 104.5 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
22.4x more pipelines: 1792 vs 80
34.8x better floating-point performance: 3,344 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
109.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5563 vs 51
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 665 vs 482

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 March 2014 vs 1 January 2009
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 80
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5563 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	665 vs 482

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

6.3x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5563

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

665

482

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View
PassMark - G3D Mark	5563	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	665	482
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 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2009

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 280	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	RV620
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	4 March 2014	1 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	423	322
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	933 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	80
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	181 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x VHDCI
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
Length	275 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)