NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 438.4 GTexel / s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 82% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 2816
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 14,029 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 1752 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16235 vs 9437
  • 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 500.053 vs 114.288
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 7209.392 vs 2911.861
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.826 vs 10.947
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1253.829 vs 683.568
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16337 vs 11675
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16337 vs 11675
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 June 2017 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate 438.4 GTexel / s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 5120 vs 2816
Floating-point performance 14,029 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1752 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16235 vs 9437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 500.053 vs 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7209.392 vs 2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.826 vs 10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1253.829 vs 683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16337 vs 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16337 vs 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 820 vs 406
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 118.411 vs 73.167
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 820 vs 406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 118.411 vs 73.167

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16235
9437
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
406
820
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
500.053
114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7209.392
2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.826
10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
73.167
118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1253.829
683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16337
11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16337
11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3350
Name NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB AMD Radeon R9 390X
PassMark - G3D Mark 16235 9437
PassMark - G2D Mark 406 820
Geekbench - OpenCL 180318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 500.053 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7209.392 2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.826 10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 73.167 118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1253.829 683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16337 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16337 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4242

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB AMD Radeon R9 390X

Essentials

Architecture Volta GCN 2.0
Code name GV100 Grenada
Launch date 21 June 2017 18 June 2015
Place in performance rating 135 279
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $429

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1530 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 1312 MHz
Floating-point performance 14,029 gflops 5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 5120 2816
Texture fill rate 438.4 GTexel / s 184.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 21,100 million 6,200 million
Compute units 44
Stream Processors 2816

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

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 897.0 GB / s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 512 bit
Memory clock speed 1752 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
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