AMD Radeon R9 285 vs ATI FirePro V8700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 285 and ATI FirePro V8700 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 918 MHz vs 750 MHz
  • 3.4x more texture fill rate: 102.8 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
  • 2.2x more pipelines: 1792 vs 800
  • 2.7x better floating-point performance: 3,290 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 62% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 3400 MHz
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6680 vs 1539
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 527
  • 18.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2782 vs 152.6
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 September 2014 vs 11 September 2008
Core clock speed 918 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate 102.8 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 800
Floating-point performance 3,290 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 3400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6680 vs 1539
PassMark - G2D Mark 597 vs 527
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2782 vs 152.6

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

  • Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8543 vs 2782
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt vs 190 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8543 vs 2782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 285
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8700

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6680
1539
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
597
527
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2782
8543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2782
152.6
Name AMD Radeon R9 285 ATI FirePro V8700
PassMark - G3D Mark 6680 1539
PassMark - G2D Mark 597 527
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 8543
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2782 152.6
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2778

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 285 ATI FirePro V8700

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 TeraScale
Code name Tonga RV770
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 2 September 2014 11 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $1,499
Place in performance rating 445 442
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 918 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,290 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1792 800
Texture fill rate 102.8 GTexel / s 30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 221 mm 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 176.0 GB / s 108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 3400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)