NVIDIA Tesla T4 vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla T4 and AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla T4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1005 MHz vs 950 MHz
  • Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 375 Watt
  • Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 10000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10909 vs 5214
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 127.622 vs 44.481
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3026.812 vs 1984.655
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 18.798 vs 8.536
  • Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 910.721 vs 470.237
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 September 2018 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed 1005 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed 1515 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 375 Watt
Memory clock speed 10000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 10909 vs 5214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 127.622 vs 44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3026.812 vs 1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.798 vs 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 910.721 vs 470.237

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 596
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.504 vs 119.936
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 658 vs 596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 125.504 vs 119.936

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla T4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10909
5214
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
596
658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
127.622
44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3026.812
1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.798
8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
119.936
125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
910.721
470.237
Name NVIDIA Tesla T4 AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 10909 5214
PassMark - G2D Mark 596 658
Geekbench - OpenCL 61276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 127.622 44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3026.812 1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.798 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 119.936 125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 910.721 470.237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14076
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1781
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14076
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1781

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla T4 AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.0
Code name TU104 Malta
Launch date 13 September 2018 24 April 2013
Place in performance rating 262 320
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $999

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1515 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1005 MHz 950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 375 Watt
Transistor count 13,600 million 4,313 million
Floating-point performance 2x 4,096 gflops
Pipelines 2x 2048
Texture fill rate 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Length 307 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Memory clock speed 10000 MHz 6000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 384 Bit
Memory type GDDR5