AMD FirePro W8000
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
AMD FirePro W8000
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

338
Place in performance rating
416
6.98
Value for money (0-100)
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GCN 1.0
Architecture
G9x
Tahiti
Code name
N10E-GTX
Desktop
Type
Laptop
14 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
$1,599
Launch price (MSRP)
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$550 (0.3x MSRP)
Price now
$149
2.49
Value for money
3.51
Tahiti
GPU code name
N10E-GTX
Workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
256
900 MHz
Core clock speed
585 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
1508 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
225 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
100.8
Texture fill rate
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3,226 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
4,313 million
Number of transistors
1508 Million
350 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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279 mm
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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full height / full length
Form factor
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5500 MHz
Memory clock speed
950 MHz
176 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Display Connectors
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1
StereoOutput3D
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1
Dual-link DVI support
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4
DisplayPort count
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Technologies

The difference between AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
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HybridPower
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PureVideo HD
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
4.6
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD FirePro W8000 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD FirePro W8000

6.08% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1792 vs 256)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI

Cheaper ($149 vs $550 (0.3x MSRP))

Less power consumption (150 Watt vs 225 Watt)

So, AMD FirePro W8000 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro W8000 .

AMD FirePro W8000 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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