AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD FirePro W5000
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD FirePro W5000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD FirePro W5000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

237
Place in performance rating
376
no data
Value for money (0-100)
9.44
GCN 1.0
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Tahiti
Code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Type
Workstation
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
7 August 2012 (9 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
$599
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$187 (0.3x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
10.12
Value for money
5.50
Tahiti
GPU code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD FirePro W5000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
768
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Core clock speed
825 MHz
933 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
4,313 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
39.60
3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,267 gflops
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
4,313 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
350 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD FirePro W5000.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
183 mm
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
no data
Form factor
full height / half length

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 Radeon R9 280 and AMD FirePro W5000 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
3200 MHz
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
102.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD FirePro W5000, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
-
DisplayPort support
no data
no data
Dual-link DVI support
1
no data
DisplayPort count
2

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD FirePro W5000 is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD FirePro W5000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD FirePro W5000 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 Radeon R9 280 or AMD FirePro W5000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD FirePro W5000
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD FirePro W5000
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD FirePro W5000
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD FirePro W5000
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD FirePro W5000
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 Radeon R9 280

11.79% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1792 vs 768)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 102.4 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD FirePro W5000

Cheaper ($187 (0.3x MSRP) vs $305 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 200 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or AMD FirePro W5000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 280 .

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus AMD FirePro W5000 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 280
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