NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 32 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 32 GB and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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: 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 32 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 37% better floating-point performance: 14,029 gflops vs 2x 5,120 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 580 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2x 8 GB
Launch date 27 March 2018 vs 3 September 2015
Core clock speed 1290 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 14,029 gflops vs 2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 580 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 2x 8 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

  • 4.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 438.4 GTexel / s
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1752 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 438.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz vs 1752 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 32 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Name NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 32 GB AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL 131696
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 62
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 62
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.128

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 32 GB AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Essentials

Architecture Volta GCN 2.0
Code name GV100 Grenada
Launch date 27 March 2018 3 September 2015
Place in performance rating 264 262
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $1,399

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1530 MHz
Core clock speed 1290 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 14,029 gflops 2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 5120 2x 2560
Texture fill rate 438.4 GTexel / s 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 580 Watt
Transistor count 21,100 million 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 4x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 897.0 GB / s 2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1752 MHz 5400 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5