NVIDIA Tesla T4 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla T4 and AMD Radeon R9 280X 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 T4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 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
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10909 vs 6211
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 127.622 vs 89.187
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3026.812 vs 1434.496
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 18.798 vs 7.656
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 119.936 vs 87.459
  • Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 910.721 vs 493.57
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14076 vs 9603
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14076 vs 9603
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 September 2018 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1515 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 10909 vs 6211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 127.622 vs 89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3026.812 vs 1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.798 vs 7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 119.936 vs 87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 910.721 vs 493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14076 vs 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14076 vs 9603

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 686 vs 596
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3700 vs 1976
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1781
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3700 vs 1976
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1781
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 686 vs 596
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3700 vs 1976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 1781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3700 vs 1976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 1781

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla T4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10909
6211
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
596
686
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
127.622
89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3026.812
1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.798
7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
119.936
87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
910.721
493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14076
9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1976
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1781
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14076
9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1976
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1781
3357
Name NVIDIA Tesla T4 AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G3D Mark 10909 6211
PassMark - G2D Mark 596 686
Geekbench - OpenCL 61276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 127.622 89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3026.812 1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.798 7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 119.936 87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 910.721 493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14076 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1976 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1781 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14076 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1976 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1781 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2346

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla T4 AMD Radeon R9 280X

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.0
Code name TU104 Tahiti
Launch date 13 September 2018 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 262 378
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1515 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 13,600 million 4,313 million
Floating-point performance 4,096 gflops
Pipelines 2048
Stream Processors 2048
Texture fill rate 128.0 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 10000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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