NVIDIA Tesla K80 vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K80 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA Tesla K80

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K80

79.4x more texture fill rate: 171.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Around 93% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 580 Watt

Texture fill rate	171.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 562 MHz
2.1x more pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 2496
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 12 GB
4.3x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective

Launch date	3 September 2015 vs 17 Nov 2014
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 562 MHz
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 2496
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K80
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K80	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	374
PassMark - G3D Mark	5852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K80	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GK210	Grenada
Launch date	17 Nov 2014	3 September 2015
Place in performance rating	247	246
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	824 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,371 GFLOPS (1:3)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.113 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2496	2x 2560
Pixel fill rate	42.85 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	171.4 GTexel/s	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	7100 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2x 5,120 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 (11_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.6 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5