FirePro A320 vs Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 798 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN (2012−2015) | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) |
| GPU code name | Kaveri Spectre | Trinity GL |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 14 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 6 June 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 955 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,303 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 22.92 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.7334 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 24 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | no data | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | no data | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | no data | System Shared |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 January 2014 | 6 June 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and FirePro A320. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is a desktop card while FirePro A320 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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