AMD Radeon R9 285 vs ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 285 and ATI FirePro 2460 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 285

ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 84% higher core clock speed: 918 MHz vs 500 MHz
25.7x more texture fill rate: 102.8 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
22.4x more pipelines: 1792 vs 80
41.1x better floating-point performance: 3,290 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
39.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6680 vs 170
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 352

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 September 2014 vs 1 April 2010
Core clock speed	918 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 80
Floating-point performance	3,290 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680 vs 170
PassMark - G2D Mark	597 vs 352

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

11.2x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 190 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 190 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 285
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6680

170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

597

352

Name	AMD Radeon R9 285	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	597	352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2778

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 285	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tonga	Cedar
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	2 September 2014	1 April 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	445	446
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	918 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,290 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1792	80
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	17 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	176.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)