NVIDIA Tesla P4 vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P4 and AMD Radeon R9 290 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) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 170.1 GTexel / s vs 151.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 12% better floating-point performance: 5,443 gflops vs 4,849 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8926 vs 8293
  • Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 147.62 vs 89.325
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1791.761 vs 1366.314
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 99.574 vs 98.765
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11409 vs 6300
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11409 vs 6300
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 September 2016 vs 5 November 2013
Texture fill rate 170.1 GTexel / s vs 151.5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 5,443 gflops vs 4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8926 vs 8293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 147.62 vs 89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1791.761 vs 1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.574 vs 98.765
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11409 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11409 vs 6300

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 395
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 37758
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.034 vs 9.457
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 540.645 vs 523.29
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 947 MHz vs 810 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 775 vs 395
Geekbench - OpenCL 102277 vs 37758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.034 vs 9.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 540.645 vs 523.29
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3711 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3711 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8926
8293
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
395
775
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
37758
102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
147.62
89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1791.761
1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.457
10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
99.574
98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
523.29
540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11409
6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11409
6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
3354
Name NVIDIA Tesla P4 AMD Radeon R9 290
PassMark - G3D Mark 8926 8293
PassMark - G2D Mark 395 775
Geekbench - OpenCL 37758 102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 147.62 89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1791.761 1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.457 10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.574 98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 523.29 540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11409 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11409 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3683

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla P4 AMD Radeon R9 290

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP104 Hawaii
Launch date 13 September 2016 5 November 2013
Place in performance rating 362 360
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $399

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1063 MHz
Core clock speed 810 MHz 947 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,443 gflops 4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2560 2560
Texture fill rate 170.1 GTexel / s 151.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.3 GB / s 320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)