NVIDIA Tesla T4 vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla T4 and AMD Radeon R9 390X 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 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • 9.5x more memory clock speed: 10000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10684 vs 9396
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 127.622 vs 114.288
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3026.812 vs 2911.861
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 18.798 vs 10.947
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 119.936 vs 118.411
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 910.721 vs 683.568
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14076 vs 11675
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14076 vs 11675
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 September 2018 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1515 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed 10000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 10684 vs 9396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 127.622 vs 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3026.812 vs 2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.798 vs 10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 119.936 vs 118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 910.721 vs 683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14076 vs 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14076 vs 11675

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 821 vs 592
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 1976
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1781
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 1976
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1781
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 821 vs 592
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 vs 1976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 1781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 vs 1976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 1781

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla T4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10684
9396
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
592
821
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
127.622
114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3026.812
2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.798
10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
119.936
118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
910.721
683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14076
11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1976
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1781
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14076
11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1976
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1781
3350
Name NVIDIA Tesla T4 AMD Radeon R9 390X
PassMark - G3D Mark 10684 9396
PassMark - G2D Mark 592 821
Geekbench - OpenCL 61276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 127.622 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3026.812 2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.798 10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 119.936 118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 910.721 683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14076 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1976 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1781 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14076 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1976 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1781 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4242

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla T4 AMD Radeon R9 390X

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 2.0
Code name TU104 Grenada
Launch date 13 September 2018 18 June 2015
Place in performance rating 272 269
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $429

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1515 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 13,600 million 6,200 million
Compute units 44
Floating-point performance 5,914 gflops
Pipelines 2816
Stream Processors 2816
Texture fill rate 184.8 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
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
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 275 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 10000 MHz 1050 MHz
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 512 bit
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore