NVIDIA Tesla M60 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M60 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition 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).

NVIDIA Tesla M60

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M60

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
24x more texture fill rate: 2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 89.6 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1792
3.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,833 gflops vs 2,867 gflops
5.3x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 3 GB
Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 114.389 vs 67.802
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1451.124 vs 1230.769

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 7 March 2013
Texture fill rate	2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 89.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	2x 4,833 gflops vs 2,867 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	114.389 vs 67.802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1451.124 vs 1230.769

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 557 MHz
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.68 vs 70.038
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 370.179 vs 314.404

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 557 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.68 vs 70.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	370.179 vs 314.404

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M60
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

114.389

67.802

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1451.124

1230.769

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

70.038

81.68

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

314.404

370.179

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M60	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	7927
PassMark - G2D Mark	549
Geekbench - OpenCL	26804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	114.389	67.802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1451.124	1230.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.038	81.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	314.404	370.179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1791

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M60	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Tahiti
Launch date	30 August 2015	7 March 2013
Place in performance rating	466	611
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	557 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,833 gflops	2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	1792
Texture fill rate	2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.4 GB / s	240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5