NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 441.6 GTexel / s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2048
3.4x better floating-point performance: 14,131 gflops vs 4,096 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
5.3x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 3 GB
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11451 vs 9603
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11451 vs 9603
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12633 vs 6209

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 June 2017 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1380 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	441.6 GTexel / s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5120 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	14,131 gflops vs 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11451 vs 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11451 vs 9603
PassMark - G3D Mark	12633 vs 6209

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3700 vs 3555
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3700 vs 3555
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3198
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3198
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 685 vs 515

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700 vs 3555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700 vs 3555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3198
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3198
PassMark - G2D Mark	685 vs 515

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11451

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11451

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3555

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3555

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3198

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3198

3357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

515

685

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12633

6209

Name	NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Geekbench - OpenCL	166109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11451	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11451	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3555	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3555	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3198	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3198	3357
PassMark - G2D Mark	515	685
PassMark - G3D Mark	12633	6209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		493.57
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2348

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Essentials
Architecture	Volta	GCN 1.0
Code name	GV100	Tahiti
Launch date	21 June 2017	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	209	379
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1380 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1246 MHz
Floating-point performance	14,131 gflops	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	5120	2048
Texture fill rate	441.6 GTexel / s	128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	21,100 million	4,313 million
Stream Processors		2048
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	2x 8-pin	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
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	897.0 GB / s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)