NVIDIA Tesla P4 vs AMD Radeon R9 280

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P4 and AMD Radeon R9 280 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 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 933 MHz
  • Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 170.1 GTexel / s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1792
  • Around 63% better floating-point performance: 5,443 gflops vs 3,344 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
  • 4.8x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8768 vs 5562
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 147.62 vs 67.829
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1791.761 vs 1266.685
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.457 vs 6.495
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 99.574 vs 79.909
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 523.29 vs 365.384
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11409 vs 7957
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11409 vs 7957
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 September 2016 vs 4 March 2014
Boost clock speed 1063 MHz vs 933 MHz
Texture fill rate 170.1 GTexel / s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 1792
Floating-point performance 5,443 gflops vs 3,344 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8768 vs 5562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 147.62 vs 67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1791.761 vs 1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.457 vs 6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.574 vs 79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 523.29 vs 365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11409 vs 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11409 vs 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 vs 3337

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 665 vs 389
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 665 vs 389

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8768
5562
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
389
665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
147.62
67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1791.761
1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.457
6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
99.574
79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
523.29
365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11409
7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11409
7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
3337
Name NVIDIA Tesla P4 AMD Radeon R9 280
PassMark - G3D Mark 8768 5562
PassMark - G2D Mark 389 665
Geekbench - OpenCL 31426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 147.62 67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1791.761 1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.457 6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.574 79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 523.29 365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11409 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11409 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2009

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla P4 AMD Radeon R9 280

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP104 Tahiti
Launch date 13 September 2016 4 March 2014
Place in performance rating 356 423
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $279

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1063 MHz 933 MHz
Core clock speed 810 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,443 gflops 3,344 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2560 1792
Texture fill rate 170.1 GTexel / s 104.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 200 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 4,313 million
Stream Processors 1792

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x 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 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.3 GB / s 240 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)