AMD Radeon Pro SSG vs NVIDIA Quadro GP100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro SSG and NVIDIA Quadro GP100 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro SSG

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1304 MHz
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1442 MHz
  • Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 384.0 GTexel / s vs 322.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3584
  • Around 19% better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 10,329 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1430 MHz
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 173.59 vs 144.928
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1231.051 vs 1056.078
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 August 2017 vs 1 October 2016
Core clock speed 1440 MHz vs 1304 MHz
Boost clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1442 MHz
Texture fill rate 384.0 GTexel / s vs 322.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 4096 vs 3584
Floating-point performance 12,288 gflops vs 10,329 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz vs 1430 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 173.59 vs 144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1231.051 vs 1056.078

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro GP100

  • Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 235 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15149 vs 10972
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 836 vs 588
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 355.937 vs 170.923
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4858.771 vs 3178.443
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 25.191 vs 16.732
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16640 vs 11029
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 13211 vs 7766
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16640 vs 11029
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 13211 vs 7766
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 235 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 15149 vs 10972
PassMark - G2D Mark 836 vs 588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 355.937 vs 170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4858.771 vs 3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 25.191 vs 16.732
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16640 vs 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13211 vs 7766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16640 vs 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13211 vs 7766

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro SSG
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro GP100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10972
15149
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
588
836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
170.923
355.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3178.443
4858.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.732
25.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
173.59
144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1231.051
1056.078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11029
16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7766
13211
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11029
16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7766
13211
Name AMD Radeon Pro SSG NVIDIA Quadro GP100
PassMark - G3D Mark 10972 15149
PassMark - G2D Mark 588 836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 170.923 355.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3178.443 4858.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.732 25.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 173.59 144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1231.051 1056.078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11029 16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7766 13211
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11029 16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7766 13211
Geekbench - OpenCL 88910
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 22133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 22133

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro SSG NVIDIA Quadro GP100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Pascal
Code name Vega 10 GP100
Launch date 8 August 2017 1 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $6,999
Place in performance rating 160 86
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1500 MHz 1442 MHz
Core clock speed 1440 MHz 1304 MHz
Floating-point performance 12,288 gflops 10,329 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 4096 3584
Texture fill rate 384.0 GTexel / s 322.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt 235 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 15,300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB / s 921.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz 1430 MHz
Memory type HBM2 HBM2