NVIDIA Tesla K80 vs AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K80 and AMD Radeon R9 M390X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

NVIDIA Tesla K80

AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K80

1852.2x more texture fill rate: 171.4 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 22% higher pipelines: 2496 vs 2048
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5089 vs 3851

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	171.4 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2496 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5089 vs 3851

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 562 MHz
4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 17 Nov 2014
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 562 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	487 vs 275

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K80
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M390X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

275

487

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5089

3851

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K80	AMD Radeon R9 M390X
PassMark - G2D Mark	275	487
PassMark - G3D Mark	5089	3851
Geekbench - OpenCL		22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		78.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		24690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		24690

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K80	AMD Radeon R9 M390X
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	GK210	Amethyst
Launch date	17 Nov 2014	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	350	310
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	824 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	723 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	2048
Pixel fill rate	42.85 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	171.4 GTexel/s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	7100 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
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	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 (11_1)	12
OpenCL	3.0	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.6 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore