Tesla D870 vs Radeon Graphics 512SP
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Renoir | G80 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 7 March 2020 (6 years ago) | 2 May 2007 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $7,499 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 512 | 128 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2100 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | 681 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 520 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 67.20 | 38.40 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.15 TFLOPS | 0.3456 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 8 | 24 ×2 |
| TMUs | 32 | 32 ×2 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 96 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 1536 MB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 384 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 76.8 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Motherboard Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 (6.4) | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 March 2020 | 2 May 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 520 Watt |
Graphics 512SP has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1186% more advanced lithography process, and 3367% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Graphics 512SP and Tesla D870. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Graphics 512SP is a desktop graphics card while Tesla D870 is a workstation one.
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