AMD Radeon R9 280X vs ATI FireMV 2260

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280X and ATI FireMV 2260 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 280X

ATI FireMV 2260

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
53.3x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
51.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 40
85.3x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
53.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6211 vs 117
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 686 vs 488

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 1 January 2008
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 40
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6211 vs 117
PassMark - G2D Mark	686 vs 488

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2260

16.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6211

117

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

686

488

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280X	ATI FireMV 2260
PassMark - G3D Mark	6211	117
PassMark - G2D Mark	686	488
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 280X	ATI FireMV 2260
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	RV620
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	1 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	378	308
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	40
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	181 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort
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	168 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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)