NVIDIA Quadro GP100 vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro GP100 and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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: 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro GP100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1304 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1442 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 5.5x more texture fill rate: 322.8 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
  • 3.5x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1024
  • 5.5x better floating-point performance: 10,329 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 84757 vs 70535
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16640 vs 6316
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 13211 vs 8390
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16640 vs 6316
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 13211 vs 8390
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2016 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1304 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1442 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 322.8 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 10,329 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 84757 vs 70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16640 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13211 vs 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16640 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13211 vs 8390

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 235 Watt
  • 3.4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1430 MHz
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 22133
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 22133
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 235 Watt
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1430 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 22133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 22133

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro GP100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
84757
70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16640
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13211
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22133
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16640
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13211
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22133
27566
Name NVIDIA Quadro GP100 AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark 16374
PassMark - G2D Mark 847
Geekbench - OpenCL 84757 70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 355.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4858.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 25.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1056.078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16640 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13211 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 22133 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16640 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13211 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 22133 27566

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro GP100 AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP100 Pitcairn
Launch date 1 October 2016 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 89 163
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1442 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1304 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 10,329 gflops 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3584 1024
Texture fill rate 322.8 GTexel / s 59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 235 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 15,300 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 921.6 GB / s 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1430 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5