AMD Radeon R9 M275X vs AMD FirePro V5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M275X and AMD FirePro V5900 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M275X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • Around 93% better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1616 vs 1265
  • 3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11041 vs 2880
  • 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.109 vs 8.167
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.187 vs 0.772
  • Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 33.837 vs 20.064
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 91.407 vs 66.259
  • Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3265 vs 1713
  • Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3265 vs 1713
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 January 2014 vs 24 May 2011
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1616 vs 1265
Geekbench - OpenCL 11041 vs 2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.109 vs 8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.187 vs 0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 33.837 vs 20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 91.407 vs 66.259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3265 vs 1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3265 vs 1713

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V5900

  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 355 vs 338
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 409.102 vs 283.116
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2091 vs 1228
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5078 vs 1705
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2091 vs 1228
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5078 vs 1705
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 355 vs 338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 409.102 vs 283.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2091 vs 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5078 vs 1705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2091 vs 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5078 vs 1705

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M275X
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V5900

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1616
1265
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
338
355
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11041
2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.109
8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
283.116
409.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.187
0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.837
20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
91.407
66.259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3265
1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1228
2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705
5078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3265
1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1228
2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705
5078
Name AMD Radeon R9 M275X AMD FirePro V5900
PassMark - G3D Mark 1616 1265
PassMark - G2D Mark 338 355
Geekbench - OpenCL 11041 2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.109 8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 283.116 409.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.187 0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 33.837 20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 91.407 66.259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3265 1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1228 2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1705 5078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3265 1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1228 2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1705 5078

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M275X AMD FirePro V5900

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 3
Code name Venus Cayman
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 28 January 2014 24 May 2011
Place in performance rating 1096 1098
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 925 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 900 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops 614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 512
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s 19.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,640 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 230 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11 11.2 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore