NVIDIA Tesla P4 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P4 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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 - 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 170.1 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
  • Around 44% better floating-point performance: 5,443 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
  • 4.4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1375 MHz
  • Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 147.62 vs 84.381
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1791.761 vs 1389.754
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.457 vs 8.872
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 523.29 vs 481.76
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11409 vs 9448
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11409 vs 9448
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 September 2016 vs 22 December 2011
Boost clock speed 1063 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 170.1 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 5,443 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1375 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 147.62 vs 84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1791.761 vs 1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.457 vs 8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 523.29 vs 481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11409 vs 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11409 vs 9448

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34541 vs 31511
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 101.929 vs 99.574
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 34541 vs 31511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 101.929 vs 99.574
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
31511
34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
147.62
84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1791.761
1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.457
8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
99.574
101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
523.29
481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11409
9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11409
9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
3350
Name NVIDIA Tesla P4 AMD Radeon HD 7970
PassMark - G3D Mark 8768
PassMark - G2D Mark 389
Geekbench - OpenCL 31511 34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 147.62 84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1791.761 1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.457 8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.574 101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 523.29 481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11409 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11409 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2276

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla P4 AMD Radeon HD 7970

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP104 Tahiti
Launch date 13 September 2016 22 December 2011
Place in performance rating 355 483
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $549

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1063 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 810 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,443 gflops 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2560 2048
Texture fill rate 170.1 GTexel / s 118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 4,313 million
Stream Processors 2048

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 274 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.3 GB / s 264 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync