NVIDIA Quadro P3000 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P3000 and AMD Radeon R9 280X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P3000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6506 vs 6173
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3720 vs 3700
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3720 vs 3700
  • Around 48% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3489 vs 2351
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 January 2017 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1215 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6506 vs 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 vs 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 vs 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3489 vs 2351

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 679 vs 429
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2048 vs 1280
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 679 vs 429
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9603 vs 9579
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9603 vs 9579

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P3000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6506
6173
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
429
679
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9579
9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9579
9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3489
2351
Name NVIDIA Quadro P3000 AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G3D Mark 6506 6173
PassMark - G2D Mark 429 679
Geekbench - OpenCL 25932
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9579 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9579 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3489 2351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 493.57

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro P3000 AMD Radeon R9 280X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name N17E-Q1 Tahiti
Launch date 11 January 2017 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 391 394
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1215 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1088 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt
Floating-point performance 4,096 gflops
Stream Processors 2048
Texture fill rate 128.0 GTexel / s
Transistor count 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Port 1.4
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Shader Model 5.1
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 168 GB / s 288 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Stereo
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView
nView Display Management
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin