FirePro D700 vs Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire with FirePro D700, including specs and performance data.

R9 M290X Crossfire
2014
2x 4 GB GDDR5, 200 Watt
19.05
+36%

R9 M290X Crossfire outperforms D700 by a substantial 36% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking289370
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.593.54
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameNeptune CFTahiti
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 March 2014 (10 years ago)18 January 2014 (10 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 cores25602048
Core clock speed850 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors2x 2800 Million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt274 Watt
Texture fill rateno data108.8
Floating-point processing powerno data3.482 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data128

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data279 mm
Widthno data2-slot

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x 4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1370 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data263.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno data6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD63
+40%
45−50
−40%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+46.7%
30−33
−46.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+37.5%
24−27
−37.5%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+44.4%
45−50
−44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+48.1%
27−30
−48.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+53.3%
30−33
−53.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+51.4%
35−40
−51.4%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+43.5%
85−90
−43.5%
Hitman 3 35−40
+44.4%
27−30
−44.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+46.2%
65−70
−46.2%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+36%
50−55
−36%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+51.4%
35−40
−51.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+44.4%
45−50
−44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+40%
65−70
−40%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+46.7%
30−33
−46.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+37.5%
24−27
−37.5%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+44.4%
45−50
−44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+48.1%
27−30
−48.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+53.3%
30−33
−53.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+51.4%
35−40
−51.4%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+43.5%
85−90
−43.5%
Hitman 3 35−40
+44.4%
27−30
−44.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+46.2%
65−70
−46.2%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+36%
50−55
−36%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+51.4%
35−40
−51.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+44.4%
45−50
−44.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+46.7%
30−33
−46.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+40%
65−70
−40%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+46.7%
30−33
−46.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+37.5%
24−27
−37.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+48.1%
27−30
−48.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+53.3%
30−33
−53.3%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+43.5%
85−90
−43.5%
Hitman 3 35−40
+44.4%
27−30
−44.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+46.2%
65−70
−46.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+44.4%
45−50
−44.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+46.7%
30−33
−46.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+40%
65−70
−40%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+51.4%
35−40
−51.4%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+40.7%
27−30
−40.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+42.9%
21−24
−42.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
+42.9%
14−16
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+43.8%
16−18
−43.8%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+37.5%
80−85
−37.5%
Hitman 3 21−24
+43.8%
16−18
−43.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+48.1%
27−30
−48.1%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+37%
27−30
−37%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+48.1%
27−30
−48.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+43.8%
16−18
−43.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+37.6%
85−90
−37.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+37.5%
24−27
−37.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Hitman 3 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
+36%
75−80
−36%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+50%
14−16
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+42.9%
14−16
−42.9%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+50%
18−20
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%

This is how R9 M290X Crossfire and FirePro D700 compete in popular games:

  • R9 M290X Crossfire is 40% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 19.05 14.01
Recency 1 March 2014 18 January 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 274 Watt

R9 M290X Crossfire has a 36% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, and 37% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D700 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is a notebook card while FirePro D700 is a workstation one.


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