Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire vs Tesla T10

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla T10 with Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire, including specs and performance data.

Tesla T10
24 GB GDDR6, 260 Watt
28.13
+65.1%

T10 outperforms HD 8970M Crossfire by an impressive 65% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking227353
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.336.56
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code nameTU102Neptune CF
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release dateno data1 May 2012 (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 cores46082560
Core clock speedno data850 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate449.3no data
Floating-point processing power14.38 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs288no data

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount24 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bit2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed13 GB/s4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth624.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)11.1
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA7.5-

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 HD110−120
+59.4%
69
−59.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Fortnite 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Valorant 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 128
+0%
128
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Dota 2 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Fortnite 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Valorant 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Dota 2 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Valorant 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Valorant 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Dota 2 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

This is how Tesla T10 and HD 8970M Crossfire compete in popular games:

  • Tesla T10 is 59% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 28.13 17.04
Chip lithography 12 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 200 Watt

Tesla T10 has a 65.1% higher aggregate performance score, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

HD 8970M Crossfire, on the other hand, has 30% lower power consumption.

The Tesla T10 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla T10 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is a notebook one.

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