FirePro S7150 vs Radeon R9 280X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S7150 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 FirePro S7150 stacks up against Radeon R9 280X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro S7150 Radeon R9 280X
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 280X has 66% more power consumption, than FirePro S7150.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro S7150 has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S7150 is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 280X - with GCN.
  • FirePro S7150 and Radeon R9 280X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 280X is 34 mm longer, than FirePro S7150.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
FirePro S7150 and Radeon R9 280X have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro S7150 Radeon R9 280X
Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN
Code name Tonga Thaiti XTL
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 1 February 2016 8 October 2013
Pipelines 2048 2048
Core clock speed 920 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 117.8 128.0
Floating-point performance 3,763 gflops 4,096 gflops
Length 241 mm 275 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 288 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
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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