FirePro W7100 vs Radeon R9 280X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W7100 and Radeon R9 280X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro W7100 and Radeon R9 280X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro W7100 Radeon R9 280X
Power consumption (TDP) 400 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 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W7100 has 60% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 280X.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W7100 has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W7100 is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 280X - with GCN.
  • FirePro W7100 and Radeon R9 280X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 280X is 34 mm longer, than FirePro W7100.

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 W7100 and Radeon R9 280X have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7100 Radeon R9 280X
Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN
Code name Tonga Thaiti XTL
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 12 August 2014 8 October 2013
Pipelines 1792 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 103.0 128.0
Floating-point performance 3,297 gflops 4,096 gflops
Length 241 mm 275 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 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 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 362 Mh/s 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
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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