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: 5558 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 | 5558 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
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| Name | AMD Radeon R9 280 | ATI FirePro V8700 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5558 | 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 | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 | 432 | 433 |
| Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12 | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
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Memory |
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| 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 |
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| CrossFire | ||
| DDMA audio | ||
| FreeSync | ||
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| LiquidVR | ||
| TressFX | ||
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| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
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