AMD Radeon R9 M280X vs AMD FirePro D300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M280X and AMD FirePro D300 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M280X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 41708 vs 19872
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 3397
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 3397
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 February 2015 vs 18 January 2014
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 41708 vs 19872
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 vs 3397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 vs 3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3351

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D300

  • Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 56 GTexel / s
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 896
  • Around 21% better floating-point performance: 2,176 gflops vs 1,792 gflops
Texture fill rate 68 GTexel / s vs 56 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 896
Floating-point performance 2,176 gflops vs 1,792 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M280X
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D300

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
41708
19872
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3351
Name AMD Radeon R9 M280X AMD FirePro D300
Geekbench - OpenCL 41708 19872
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 3397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3351
PassMark - G2D Mark 247
PassMark - G3D Mark 814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 51.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1192.547
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 78.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 242.179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6054

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M280X AMD FirePro D300

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Saturn Pitcairn
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 5 February 2015 18 January 2014
Place in performance rating 658 660
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops 2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 896 1280
Texture fill rate 56 GTexel / s 68 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 2,800 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support Not Listed
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 242 mm

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Memory bandwidth 88 GB / s 162.6 GB / s
Memory type Not Listed GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore