NVIDIA Tesla K80m vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K80m and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla K80m

AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K80m

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 876 MHz vs 725 MHz
70.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 182.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 31 GTexel / s
7.8x more pipelines: 2x 2496 vs 640
8.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,373 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
12x more maximum memory size: 2x 12 GB vs 2 GB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18416 vs 8804
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 62.651 vs 24.097
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1653.567 vs 465.496
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 86.984 vs 38.126
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 258.278 vs 106.848
3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.882 vs 2.211

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 November 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Boost clock speed	876 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 182.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2496 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2x 4,373 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 12 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18416 vs 8804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	62.651 vs 24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1653.567 vs 465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	86.984 vs 38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	258.278 vs 106.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.882 vs 2.211

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 562 MHz

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 562 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K80m
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18416

8804

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

62.651

24.097

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1653.567

465.496

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

86.984

38.126

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

258.278

106.848

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.882

2.211

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K80m	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Geekbench - OpenCL	18416	8804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	62.651	24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1653.567	465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	86.984	38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	258.278	106.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.882	2.211
PassMark - G3D Mark		1638
PassMark - G2D Mark		629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K80m	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK210	Venus
Launch date	17 November 2014	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	733	736
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	876 MHz	725 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,373 gflops	992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 2496	640
Texture fill rate	2x 182.2 GTexel / s billion / sec	31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	1,500 million
Compute units		10
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 12 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 240.6 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0