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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 32 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: 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 SXM2 32 GB

AMD Radeon R9 390X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 32 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 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
4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 1752 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19081 vs 11675
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19081 vs 11675

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 March 2018 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	32 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19081 vs 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19081 vs 11675

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

59.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 62
59.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 62
58.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 57
58.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 57

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706 vs 62
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706 vs 62
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 57

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19081

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19081

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

Name	NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 32 GB	AMD Radeon R9 390X
Geekbench - OpenCL	131696
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19081	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19081	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	62	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	62	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	57	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	57	3350
PassMark - G3D Mark		9360
PassMark - G2D Mark		819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		683.568
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4242

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 32 GB	AMD Radeon R9 390X
Essentials
Architecture	Volta	GCN 2.0
Code name	GV100	Grenada
Launch date	27 March 2018	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	271	268
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	1290 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	32 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