NVIDIA Tesla P4 vs AMD Radeon E8870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P4 and AMD Radeon E8870 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 Tesla P4

AMD Radeon E8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P4

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
3.5x more texture fill rate: 170.1 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 768
3.5x better floating-point performance: 5,443 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9097 vs 3368
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 147.62 vs 36.948
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1791.761 vs 874.689
8.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.457 vs 1.11
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11409 vs 4620
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11409 vs 4620

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 September 2016 vs 29 September 2015
Texture fill rate	170.1 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 768
Floating-point performance	5,443 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9097 vs 3368
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	147.62 vs 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1791.761 vs 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.457 vs 1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11409 vs 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11409 vs 4620

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 810 MHz
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 391
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5030 vs 3698
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18191 vs 3341
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5030 vs 3698
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18191 vs 3341

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 810 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	708 vs 391
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191 vs 3341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9097

3368

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

391

708

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

147.62

36.948

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1791.761

874.689

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.457

1.11

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11409

4620

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

5030

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3341

18191

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11409

4620

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

5030

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3341

18191

Name	NVIDIA Tesla P4	AMD Radeon E8870
PassMark - G3D Mark	9097	3368
PassMark - G2D Mark	391	708
Geekbench - OpenCL	37912
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	147.62	36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1791.761	874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.457	1.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	99.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	523.29
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11409	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3341	18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11409	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3341	18191

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla P4	AMD Radeon E8870
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP104	Saturn
Launch date	13 September 2016	29 September 2015
Place in performance rating	354	351
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1063 MHz
Core clock speed	810 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,443 gflops	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	768
Texture fill rate	170.1 GTexel / s	48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.3 GB / s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5