NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB 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 V100 SXM2 16 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1312 MHz vs 950 MHz
  • Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 2x 2048
  • Around 71% better floating-point performance: 14,029 gflops vs 2x 4,096 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 375 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 3 GB
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16235 vs 5214
  • 11.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 500.053 vs 44.481
  • 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 7209.392 vs 1984.655
  • 4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.826 vs 8.536
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1253.829 vs 470.237
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 June 2017 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed 1312 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines 5120 vs 2x 2048
Floating-point performance 14,029 gflops vs 2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 375 Watt
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16235 vs 5214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 500.053 vs 44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7209.392 vs 1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.826 vs 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1253.829 vs 470.237

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

  • 4.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 438.4 GTexel / s
  • 3.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1752 MHz
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 406
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.504 vs 73.167
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 438.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1752 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 658 vs 406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 125.504 vs 73.167

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16235
5214
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
406
658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
500.053
44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7209.392
1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.826
8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
73.167
125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1253.829
470.237
Name NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 16235 5214
PassMark - G2D Mark 406 658
Geekbench - OpenCL 180318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 500.053 44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7209.392 1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.826 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 73.167 125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1253.829 470.237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Volta GCN 1.0
Code name GV100 Malta
Launch date 21 June 2017 24 April 2013
Place in performance rating 135 320
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $999

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1530 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1312 MHz 950 MHz
Floating-point performance 14,029 gflops 2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 5120 2x 2048
Texture fill rate 438.4 GTexel / s 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 375 Watt
Transistor count 21,100 million 4,313 million

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

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 897.0 GB / s 2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1752 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5