NVIDIA Tesla P40 vs AMD FirePro S7100X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P40 and AMD FirePro S7100X 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 P40

AMD FirePro S7100X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P40

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 723 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 367.4 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
4x better floating-point performance: 11,758 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
2x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 300.355 vs 64.888
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3559.383 vs 1283.973
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.757 vs 5.781
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 204.32 vs 70.708
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1214.142 vs 315.677

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 September 2016 vs 25 May 2016
Core clock speed	1303 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	367.4 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3840 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	11,758 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	300.355 vs 64.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3559.383 vs 1283.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.757 vs 5.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	204.32 vs 70.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1214.142 vs 315.677

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P40
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S7100X

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

300.355

64.888

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3559.383

1283.973

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.757

5.781

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

204.32

70.708

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1214.142

315.677

Name	NVIDIA Tesla P40	AMD FirePro S7100X
PassMark - G3D Mark	12678
PassMark - G2D Mark	450
Geekbench - OpenCL	53285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	300.355	64.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3559.383	1283.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.757	5.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	204.32	70.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1214.142	315.677
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla P40	AMD FirePro S7100X
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP102	Amethyst
Launch date	13 September 2016	25 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,699
Place in performance rating	230	751
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1531 MHz
Core clock speed	1303 MHz	723 MHz
Floating-point performance	11,758 gflops	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3840	2048
Texture fill rate	367.4 GTexel / s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	11,800 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	480.4 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5