Tesla C2075 vs Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire with Tesla C2075, including specs and performance data.

HD 8970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
17.42
+113%

HD 8970M Crossfire outperforms Tesla C2075 by a whopping 113% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking303499
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.422.44
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameNeptune CFGF110
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 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 cores2560448
Core clock speed850 MHz574 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt247 Watt
Texture fill rateno data32.14
Floating-point processing powerno data1.028 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data56

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data248 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz783 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data150.3 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno data1x DVI

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-2.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD67
+123%
30−35
−123%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+136%
14−16
−136%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+131%
16−18
−131%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+122%
27−30
−122%
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+136%
14−16
−136%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+131%
16−18
−131%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+123%
35−40
−123%
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
+138%
21−24
−138%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+143%
21−24
−143%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+144%
18−20
−144%
Valorant 75−80
+114%
35−40
−114%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+122%
27−30
−122%
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+136%
14−16
−136%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+131%
16−18
−131%
Dota 2 65−70
+120%
30−33
−120%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+133%
27−30
−133%
Fortnite 100−105
+122%
45−50
−122%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+123%
35−40
−123%
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
+138%
21−24
−138%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
+120%
30−33
−120%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+143%
21−24
−143%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+133%
55−60
−133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+144%
18−20
−144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+115%
27−30
−115%
Valorant 75−80
+114%
35−40
−114%
World of Tanks 128
+133%
55−60
−133%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+122%
27−30
−122%
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+136%
14−16
−136%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+131%
16−18
−131%
Dota 2 65−70
+120%
30−33
−120%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+133%
27−30
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+123%
35−40
−123%
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
+138%
21−24
−138%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+133%
55−60
−133%
Valorant 75−80
+114%
35−40
−114%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 27−30
+142%
12−14
−142%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−33
+114%
14−16
−114%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+124%
75−80
−124%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+143%
7−8
−143%
World of Tanks 120−130
+133%
55−60
−133%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+138%
16−18
−138%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+133%
21−24
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+129%
21−24
−129%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
+142%
12−14
−142%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+133%
18−20
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+117%
12−14
−117%
Valorant 45−50
+129%
21−24
−129%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Dota 2 30−35
+129%
14−16
−129%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+129%
14−16
−129%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+133%
24−27
−133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+129%
14−16
−129%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+125%
8−9
−125%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Dota 2 30−35
+129%
14−16
−129%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+140%
10−11
−140%
Fortnite 21−24
+120%
10−11
−120%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+133%
12−14
−133%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Valorant 21−24
+120%
10−11
−120%

This is how HD 8970M Crossfire and Tesla C2075 compete in popular games:

  • HD 8970M Crossfire is 123% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.42 8.16
Recency 1 May 2012 25 July 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 247 Watt

HD 8970M Crossfire has a 113.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 23.5% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla C2075 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is a notebook card while Tesla C2075 is a workstation one.


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