AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs NVIDIA Tesla P40

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and NVIDIA Tesla P40 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12354 vs 11752
  • Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 828 vs 426
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12822 vs 9538
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12822 vs 9538
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 August 2017 vs 13 September 2016
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12354 vs 11752
PassMark - G2D Mark 828 vs 426
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12822 vs 9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12822 vs 9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P40

  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 1138 MHz
  • Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 367.4 GTexel / s vs 302.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3584
  • Around 22% better floating-point performance: 11,758 gflops vs 9,677 gflops
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
  • 6.4x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 1572 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 62478 vs 61630
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 300.355 vs 153.117
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3559.383 vs 1722.138
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.757 vs 11.901
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 204.32 vs 126.528
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1214.142 vs 1172.788
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1303 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed 1531 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Texture fill rate 367.4 GTexel / s vs 302.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3840 vs 3584
Floating-point performance 11,758 gflops vs 9,677 gflops
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz vs 1572 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 62478 vs 61630
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 300.355 vs 153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3559.383 vs 1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 19.757 vs 11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 204.32 vs 126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1214.142 vs 1172.788

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla P40

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12354
11752
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
828
426
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
61630
62478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
153.117
300.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1722.138
3559.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.901
19.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
126.528
204.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1172.788
1214.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12822
9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12822
9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3340
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 NVIDIA Tesla P40
PassMark - G3D Mark 12354 11752
PassMark - G2D Mark 828 426
Geekbench - OpenCL 61630 62478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 153.117 300.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1722.138 3559.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.901 19.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 126.528 204.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1172.788 1214.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12822 9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12822 9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3340

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 NVIDIA Tesla P40

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Pascal
Code name Vega 10 GP102
Launch date 14 August 2017 13 September 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $5,699
Place in performance rating 248 249
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1250 MHz 1531 MHz
Core clock speed 1138 MHz 1303 MHz
Floating-point performance 9,677 gflops 11,758 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 3584 3840
Texture fill rate 302.4 GTexel / s 367.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 11,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB / s 480.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1572 MHz 10008 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5X