AMD FirePro S9050 vs NVIDIA Tesla K40c

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9050 and NVIDIA Tesla K40c videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9050

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 745 MHz
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 245 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4901 vs 4495
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 369 vs 325
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 68.324 vs 61.566
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 344.551 vs 308.261
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 August 2014 vs 8 October 2013
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 245 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4901 vs 4495
PassMark - G2D Mark 369 vs 325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 68.324 vs 61.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.491 vs 6.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 344.551 vs 308.261

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40c

  • Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 61% higher pipelines: 2880 vs 1792
  • Around 33% better floating-point performance: 4,291 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
  • Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1779.043 vs 1463.376
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 103.169 vs 91.133
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 178.8 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2880 vs 1792
Floating-point performance 4,291 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1779.043 vs 1463.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 103.169 vs 91.133

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9050
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K40c

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4901
4495
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
369
325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
68.324
61.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1463.376
1779.043
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.491
6.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
91.133
103.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
344.551
308.261
Name AMD FirePro S9050 NVIDIA Tesla K40c
PassMark - G3D Mark 4901 4495
PassMark - G2D Mark 369 325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 68.324 61.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1463.376 1779.043
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.491 6.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 91.133 103.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 344.551 308.261
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13032
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13032
Geekbench - OpenCL 17468

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro S9050 NVIDIA Tesla K40c

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Tahiti GK110B
Launch date 7 August 2014 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 361 513
Type Workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $7,699

Technical info

Core clock speed 900 MHz 745 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 4,291 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1792 2880
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel / s 178.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 245 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million 7,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 254 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 264 GB / s 288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5