NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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 V100 SXM2 16 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 62% higher boost clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 947 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 438.4 GTexel / s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 82% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 2816
  • 2.5x better floating-point performance: 14,029 gflops vs 5,632 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1752 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16235 vs 8644
  • 4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 180318 vs 42508
  • 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 500.053 vs 114.883
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 7209.392 vs 2460.464
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.826 vs 11.12
  • Around 99% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1253.829 vs 628.757
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16337 vs 8729
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16337 vs 8729
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 June 2017 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1530 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate 438.4 GTexel / s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 5120 vs 2816
Floating-point performance 14,029 gflops vs 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 1752 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16235 vs 8644
Geekbench - OpenCL 180318 vs 42508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 500.053 vs 114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7209.392 vs 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.826 vs 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1253.829 vs 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16337 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16337 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 406
  • Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 120.942 vs 73.167
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3719
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3719
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 770 vs 406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 120.942 vs 73.167
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7055 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7055 vs 3719

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16235
8644
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
406
770
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
180318
42508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
500.053
114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7209.392
2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.826
11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
73.167
120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1253.829
628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16337
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16337
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3353
Name NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G3D Mark 16235 8644
PassMark - G2D Mark 406 770
Geekbench - OpenCL 180318 42508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 500.053 114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7209.392 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.826 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 73.167 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1253.829 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16337 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16337 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3949

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB AMD Radeon R9 290X

Essentials

Architecture Volta GCN 2.0
Code name GV100 Hawaii
Launch date 21 June 2017 24 October 2013
Place in performance rating 135 286
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $549

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1530 MHz 947 MHz
Core clock speed 1312 MHz
Floating-point performance 14,029 gflops 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 5120 2816
Texture fill rate 438.4 GTexel / s 176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 21,100 million 6,200 million
Stream Processors 2560

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 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 897.0 GB / s 320 GB/s
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1752 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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