NVIDIA Tesla P4 vs AMD FirePro S9050

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P4 and AMD FirePro S9050 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 NVIDIA Tesla P4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 170.1 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1792
  • Around 69% better floating-point performance: 5,443 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8768 vs 4901
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 389 vs 369
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 147.62 vs 68.324
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1791.761 vs 1463.376
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.457 vs 6.491
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 99.574 vs 91.133
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 523.29 vs 344.551
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11409 vs 7062
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11409 vs 7062
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 September 2016 vs 7 August 2014
Texture fill rate 170.1 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 1792
Floating-point performance 5,443 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8768 vs 4901
PassMark - G2D Mark 389 vs 369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 147.62 vs 68.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1791.761 vs 1463.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.457 vs 6.491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.574 vs 91.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 523.29 vs 344.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11409 vs 7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11409 vs 7062

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9050

  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6260 vs 3698
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 13032 vs 3341
  • Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6260 vs 3698
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 13032 vs 3341
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 810 MHz
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6260 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13032 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6260 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13032 vs 3341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P4
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9050

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8768
4901
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
389
369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
147.62
68.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1791.761
1463.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.457
6.491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
99.574
91.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
523.29
344.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11409
7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
13032
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11409
7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
13032
Name NVIDIA Tesla P4 AMD FirePro S9050
PassMark - G3D Mark 8768 4901
PassMark - G2D Mark 389 369
Geekbench - OpenCL 31511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 147.62 68.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1791.761 1463.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.457 6.491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.574 91.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 523.29 344.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11409 7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 13032
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11409 7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 13032

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla P4 AMD FirePro S9050

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP104 Tahiti
Launch date 13 September 2016 7 August 2014
Place in performance rating 355 362
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1063 MHz
Core clock speed 810 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,443 gflops 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2560 1792
Texture fill rate 170.1 GTexel / s 100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.3 GB / s 264 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5