NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1328 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 331.5 GTexel / s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
2.2x more pipelines: 3584 vs 2x 800
5.3x better floating-point performance: 10,609 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 512 MB

Launch date	5 April 2016 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	1328 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	331.5 GTexel / s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	3584 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance	10,609 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2x 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 1990 MHz vs 1408 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	1990 MHz vs 1408 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Name	NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	76222
PassMark - G3D Mark		1132
PassMark - G2D Mark		542

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP100	R700
Launch date	5 April 2016	7 November 2008
Place in performance rating	254	251
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$420
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz
Core clock speed	1328 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	10,609 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	3584	2x 800
Texture fill rate	331.5 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	15,300 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	720.9 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1408 MHz	1990 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR3