Quadro 7000 vs Radeon R9 280X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 7000 and Radeon R9 280X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro 7000 stacks up against Radeon R9 280X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro 7000 Radeon R9 280X
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 280X has 22% more power consumption, than Quadro 7000.
  • Quadro 7000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 280X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 7000 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 7000 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 280X - with GCN.
  • Quadro 7000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 280X is 27 mm longer, than Quadro 7000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 35−40
ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
4K / 2160p 4−5 10−11
low / 720p 35−40 60−65
medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Quadro 7000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 7000 Radeon R9 280X
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN
Code name GF110 Thaiti XTL
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 2 May 2012 8 October 2013
Pipelines 512 2048
Core clock speed 651 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 41.66 128.0
Floating-point performance 1,332 gflops 4,096 gflops
Length 248 mm 275 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3404 MHz
Memory bandwidth 163.4 GB/s 288 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA 2.0
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.5 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 494 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.42 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 285 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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