NVIDIA Quadro GP100 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro GP100 and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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).

NVIDIA Quadro GP100

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro GP100

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1304 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 235 Watt vs 580 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 4 GB
Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 25.191 vs 19.441

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2016 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed	1304 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	235 Watt vs 580 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2x 4 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	25.191 vs 19.441

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

6.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 322.8 GTexel / s
Around 57% higher pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 3584
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 10,329 gflops
3.8x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1430 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 322.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 3584
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 10,329 gflops
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1430 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro GP100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25.191

19.441

Name	NVIDIA Quadro GP100	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	16374
PassMark - G2D Mark	847
Geekbench - OpenCL	84757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	355.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4858.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	25.191	19.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1056.078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	22133
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	22133

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro GP100	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP100	Hawaii
Launch date	1 October 2016	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	88	282
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1442 MHz
Core clock speed	1304 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	10,329 gflops	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3584	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	322.8 GTexel / s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	235 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	15,300 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	921.6 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1430 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5