NVIDIA Tesla K10 vs AMD FirePro V4900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K10 and AMD FirePro V4900 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: 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla K10

AMD FirePro V4900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K10

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
15.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 480
6x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,289 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
7.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14029 vs 1928
6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.736 vs 6.303
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 975.508 vs 392.237
5.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.39 vs 0.597

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2012 vs 1 November 2011
Texture fill rate	2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 480
Floating-point performance	2x 2,289 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	14029 vs 1928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.736 vs 6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	975.508 vs 392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.39 vs 0.597

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V4900

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 745 MHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3753 vs 3632
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3753 vs 3632
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7745 vs 3353
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7745 vs 3353

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3753 vs 3632
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3753 vs 3632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7745 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7745 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K10
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V4900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14029

1928

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

40.736

6.303

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

975.508

392.237

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.39

0.597

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3632

3753

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3632

3753

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

7745

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

7745

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K10	AMD FirePro V4900
Geekbench - OpenCL	14029	1928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.736	6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	975.508	392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.39	0.597
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3632	3753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3632	3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	7745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	7745
PassMark - G3D Mark		990
PassMark - G2D Mark		312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1747

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K10	AMD FirePro V4900
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Turks
Launch date	1 May 2012	1 November 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,099
Place in performance rating	978	979
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,289 gflops	768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	480
Texture fill rate	2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	272 mm	163 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5