AMD Radeon R9 280X vs ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280X and ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View 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 FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
26.7x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
25.6x more pipelines: 2048 vs 80
42.7x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
121.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6211 vs 51
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 686 vs 482

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 1 January 2009
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 80
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6211 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	686 vs 482

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

7.8x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6211

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

686

482

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280X	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View
PassMark - G3D Mark	6211	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	686	482
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 FirePro 2450 Multi-View
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	RV620
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	1 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	378	322
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	80
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	32 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	1x VHDCI
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	170 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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)