Tesla V100 SMX2 vs Radeon HD 6850 X2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking612not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.81no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameBartsGV100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date19 September 2011 (13 years ago)21 June 2017 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores960 ×25120
Core clock speed800 MHz1370 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)254 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate38.40 ×2438.4
Floating-point processing power1.536 TFLOPS ×2no data
ROPs32 ×2128
TMUs48 ×2320

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB ×216 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit ×24096 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz1758 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.4 GB/s ×2900.1 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12.0
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A-
CUDA-7.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 September 2011 21 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 254 Watt 250 Watt

Tesla V100 SMX2 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6850 X2 and Tesla V100 SMX2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6850 X2 is a desktop graphics card while Tesla V100 SMX2 is a workstation one.

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