ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition vs Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB
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 | Pascal (2016−2021) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GP100 | RV770 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 20 June 2016 (10 years ago) | 6 January 2009 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $4,599 | no data |
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 | 3584 | 800 |
| Core clock speed | 1190 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1329 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 15,300 million | 956 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 297.7 | 30.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.526 TFLOPS | 1.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 16 |
| TMUs | 224 | 40 |
| L1 Cache | 1.3 MB | 160 KB |
| L2 Cache | 3 MB | 256 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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 250 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
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 | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 3072 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 715 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 549.1 GB/s | 108.8 GB/s |
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 | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | 6.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 June 2016 | 6 January 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 150 Watt |
Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB has an age advantage of 7 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 244% more advanced lithography process.
ATI HD 4870 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 67% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB and Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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