AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire vs NVIDIA Tesla K10
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and NVIDIA Tesla K10 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
- Around 14% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 745 MHz
- Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 225 Watt
Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 745 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt vs 225 Watt |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K10
- Around 20% higher pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 2560
- Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Pipelines | 2x 1536 vs 2560 |
Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 4800 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K10
Name | AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire | NVIDIA Tesla K10 |
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Geekbench - OpenCL | 14029 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 40.736 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 975.508 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.39 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3632 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3632 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire | NVIDIA Tesla K10 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN | Kepler |
Code name | Neptune CF | GK104 |
Launch date | 1 May 2012 | 1 May 2012 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 978 |
Type | Laptop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $5,099 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 745 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 2560 | 2x 1536 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt | 225 Watt |
Floating-point performance | 2x 2,289 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec | |
Transistor count | 3,540 million | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Laptop size | large | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
Length | 272 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11.1 | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
Memory |
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Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | 5000 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 2x 4 GB | |
Memory bandwidth | 2x 160.0 GB / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs |