AMD Radeon R9 290 vs ATI FirePro V8700 Duo
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Hawaii | RV770 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Hawaii PRO (215-0852020) | RV770 XT (215-0669049) |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | TeraScale |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 956 million |
| Die size | 438 mm² | 256 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 5th, 2013 | Never Released |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Volcanic Islands | FirePro |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 399 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 69 in our database | 1 in our database |
| Predecessor | Sea Islands | — |
| Successor | Pirate Islands | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 947 MHz | 750 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1250 MHz 5 Gbps effective | 850 MHz 3.4 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 512 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 320.0 GB/s | 108.8 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2560 | 800 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 160 | 40 |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| Compute units | 40 | 10 |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per CU) |
| Cache L2 | 1024 KB | 256 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 60.61 GPixel/s | 12.00 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 151.5 GTexel/s | 30.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 4.849 TFLOPS | 1,200 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 606.1 GFLOPS (1:8) | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 275 mm 10.8 inches | 254 mm 10 inches |
| Width | 109 mm 4.3 inches | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
| Height | 36 mm 1.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 275 W | 151 W |
| Suggested PSU | 600 W | 450 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Board number | C671-57 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 6.3 | 4.1 |
