Tesla V100 PCIe vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1256not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameR580+GV100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date10 September 2006 (18 years ago)21 June 2017 (7 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 coresno data5120
Core clock speed650 MHz1246 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1380 MHz
Number of transistors384 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data250 Watt
Texture fill rate10.40441.6
ROPs16128
TMUs16320

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 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 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 typeGDDR4HBM2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1758 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s900.1 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VHDCINo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12.0
Shader Model3.05.0
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A-
CUDA-7.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2006 21 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 12 nm

Tesla V100 PCIe has an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition and Tesla V100 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition is a desktop card while Tesla V100 PCIe is a workstation one.


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ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
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