Radeon HD 8790M vs Tesla T4

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 8790M and Tesla T4. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon HD 8790M and Tesla T4. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon HD 8790M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8790M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 8790M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 8790M Tesla T4
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 8790M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Tesla T4 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla T4 has 14 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8790M.
  • Radeon HD 8790M is used in Laptops, and Tesla T4 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 8790M is build with GCN architecture, and Tesla T4 - with Turing.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8790M is 265 MHz higher, than Tesla T4.
  • Radeon HD 8790M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Tesla T4 - by 12 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla T4 is 5500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8790M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
ultra / 1080p 1−2 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 6−7 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Tesla T4 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Radeon HD 8790M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 8790M Tesla T4
Architecture GCN Turing
Code name Mars XTX TU104
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 16 November 2012 13 September 2018
Pipelines 384 2560
Core clock speed 850 MHz 585 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz 1590 MHz
Transistor count 950 million 13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 12 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 254.4
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 320.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.5
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 7.5
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 80 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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