AMD Radeon R9 280X vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5725

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280X and ATI Mobility FireGL V5725 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 Mobility FireGL V5725

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
23.5x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
17.1x more pipelines: 2048 vs 120
25.1x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 163.2 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
28.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6171 vs 219
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 679 vs 405

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 1 January 2009
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 120
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6171 vs 219
PassMark - G2D Mark	679 vs 405

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5725

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6171

219

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

679

405

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280X	ATI Mobility FireGL V5725
PassMark - G3D Mark	6171	219
PassMark - G2D Mark	679	405
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	2351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 280X	ATI Mobility FireGL V5725
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	M86
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	1 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	394	392
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	120
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	5.44 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	378 million
Core clock speed		680 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
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
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
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	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)