AMD Radeon R9 280 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
6.7x more texture fill rate: 104.5 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1010 MHz
22.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5543 vs 242
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 667 vs 394

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 March 2014 vs 20 April 2006
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1010 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5543 vs 242
PassMark - G2D Mark	667 vs 394

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5543

242

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

667

394

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	5543	242
PassMark - G2D Mark	667	394
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	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Tahiti	G71
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	4 March 2014	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$2,999
Place in performance rating	427	430
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$1,840.60
Value for money (0-100)		0.17
Technical info
Boost clock speed	933 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1792
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	278 million
Core clock speed		650 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 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 1.0 x16
Length	275 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	32.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1010 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)