AMD Radeon R9 280 vs ATI FirePro V8700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 3.5x more texture fill rate: 104.5 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
  • 2.2x more pipelines: 1792 vs 800
  • 2.8x better floating-point performance: 3,344 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5555 vs 1539
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 665 vs 527
  • 21.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 152.6
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 March 2014 vs 11 September 2008
Texture fill rate 104.5 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 800
Floating-point performance 3,344 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5555 vs 1539
PassMark - G2D Mark 665 vs 527
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 vs 152.6

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8543 vs 3337
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed 3400 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8543 vs 3337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8700

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5555
1539
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
665
527
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
8543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
152.6
Name AMD Radeon R9 280 ATI FirePro V8700
PassMark - G3D Mark 5555 1539
PassMark - G2D Mark 665 527
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 8543
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 152.6
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2009

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 280 ATI FirePro V8700

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Tahiti RV770
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 4 March 2014 11 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $1,499
Place in performance rating 431 433
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 933 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,344 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1792 800
Stream Processors 1792
Texture fill rate 104.5 GTexel / s 30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million 956 million
Core clock speed 750 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-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
Length 275 mm 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s 108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 3400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)