AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs NVIDIA Tesla C2070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM and NVIDIA Tesla C2070 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: 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, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

NVIDIA Tesla C2070

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 61% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 575 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
4.6x more pipelines: 2048 vs 448
3.7x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 83% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 3000 MHz

Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 25 July 2011
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 448
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 3000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2070

Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 238 Watt vs 250 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3583
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3583

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	238 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3339

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla C2070

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3583

3710

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3583

3710

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3339

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3339

3351

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM	NVIDIA Tesla C2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3583	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3583	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339	3351
PassMark - G3D Mark		3121
PassMark - G2D Mark		462
Geekbench - OpenCL		9716
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		26.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		908.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.015
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		43.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		93.344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3245

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM	NVIDIA Tesla C2070
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Tahiti	GF100
Launch date	8 January 2013	25 July 2011
Place in performance rating	756	757
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	448
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s	32.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	238 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	274 mm	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	264.0 GB / s	144.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	3000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5