NVIDIA Tesla M60 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M60 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M60

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 925 MHz
• 18.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 118.4 GTexel / s
• 2x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2048
• 2.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,833 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
• 5.3x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 3 GB
• 3.6x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1375 MHz
• Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 114.389 vs 84.413
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1451.124 vs 1390.592
• Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.266 vs 7.336

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

• Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34541 vs 29262
• Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 101.929 vs 70.038
• Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 481.76 vs 314.404
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9448 vs 8663
• 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 886
• Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1791
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9448 vs 8663
• 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 886
• Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1791

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M60
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	29262 34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	114.389 84.413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1451.124 1390.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.266 7.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	70.038 101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	314.404 481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8663 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	886 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1791 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8663 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	886 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1791 3350

Compare specifications (specs)