NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 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: 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1312 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 7.4x more texture fill rate: 438.4 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
  • 5x more pipelines: 5120 vs 1024
  • 7.4x better floating-point performance: 14,029 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 179995 vs 70535
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16337 vs 6316
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16337 vs 6316
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 June 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1312 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1530 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 438.4 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 5120 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 14,029 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 179995 vs 70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16337 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16337 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1752 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3719
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3360
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3719
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3360
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1752 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 3360

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
179995
70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16337
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16337
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
27566
Name NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark 16235
PassMark - G2D Mark 406
Geekbench - OpenCL 179995 70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 500.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7209.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 73.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1253.829
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16337 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16337 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 27566

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture Volta GCN 1.0
Code name GV100 Pitcairn
Launch date 21 June 2017 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 135 165
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1530 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1312 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 14,029 gflops 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 5120 1024
Texture fill rate 438.4 GTexel / s 59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 21,100 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
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 897.0 GB / s 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1752 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5