AMD Radeon R9 290 vs ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 290

ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 600 MHz
31.6x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 2560 vs 80
50.5x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
163x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8313 vs 51
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 482

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 1 January 2009
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 80
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8313 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	774 vs 482

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

8.6x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 275 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8313

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

774

482

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View
PassMark - G3D Mark	8313	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	774	482
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3684

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Hawaii	RV620
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	1 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	350	322
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2560	80
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x VHDCI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)