NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB 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: 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1190 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1329 MHz vs 925 MHz
5.6x more texture fill rate: 331.5 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1024
5.6x better floating-point performance: 10,609 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2 GB
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 206586 vs 70535

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 June 2016 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1190 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1329 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	331.5 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	10,609 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	206586 vs 70535

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
3.4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1430 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1430 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

206586

70535

Name	NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Geekbench - OpenCL	206586	70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	205.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4198.719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	218.069
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	940.599
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		27566

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP100	Pitcairn
Launch date	20 June 2016	13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,599
Place in performance rating	124	165
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1329 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1190 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	10,609 gflops	1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3584	1024
Texture fill rate	331.5 GTexel / s	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	15,300 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	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	12 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	720.9 GB / s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1430 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5