Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB vs Radeon HD 6870 X2

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameBartsGV100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date8 July 2011 (12 years ago)21 June 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$520 no data
Current priceno data$6975

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores11205120
Core clock speed900 MHz1246 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1380 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate50.40441.6
Floating-point performance2x 2,016.0 gflops14,131 gflops

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
Length304 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed4200 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.4 GB/s897.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDAno data7.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 July 2011 21 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6870 X2 and Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6870 X2 is a desktop card while Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB is a workstation one.


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