NVIDIA Tesla P40 vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P40 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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 Radeon R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P40

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 15% better floating-point performance: 11,758 gflops vs 2x 5,120 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 580 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 2x 8 GB
Around 85% higher memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Launch date	13 September 2016 vs 3 September 2015
Core clock speed	1303 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	11,758 gflops vs 2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 580 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 2x 8 GB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

5.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 367.4 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 3840
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.128 vs 19.757

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 367.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 3840
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128 vs 19.757

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.757

21.128

Name	NVIDIA Tesla P40	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	11622
PassMark - G2D Mark	419
Geekbench - OpenCL	62468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	300.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3559.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.757	21.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	204.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1214.142
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 Radeon R9 390 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP102	Grenada
Launch date	13 September 2016	3 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,699	$1,399
Place in performance rating	249	247
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1531 MHz
Core clock speed	1303 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	11,758 gflops	2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3840	2x 2560
Texture fill rate	367.4 GTexel / s	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	11,800 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth	480.4 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5