Quadro Plex 1000 Model II vs Radeon R9 280

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	419	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.69	no data
Power efficiency	5.09	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Tahiti	G70
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	4 March 2014 (11 years ago)	25 July 2008 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	1792	no data
Core clock speed	no data	470 MHz
Boost clock speed	933 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,313 million	302 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	640 Watt
Texture fill rate	104.5	11.28 ×4
Floating-point processing power	3.344 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	16 ×4
TMUs	112	24 ×4
L1 Cache	448 KB	no data
L2 Cache	768 KB	no data

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	275 mm	522 mm
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	no data

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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB ×4
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	525 MHz
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	33.6 GB/s ×4

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
UVD	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 March 2014	25 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	640 Watt

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