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.

AMD Radeon R9 280

ATI FirePro V8700

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: 5563 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	5563 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

5563

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	5563	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	423	430
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)