AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition vs NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cypress | GP100 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cypress XT (215-0735033) | — |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Pascal |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 16 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | 15,300 million |
| Die size | 334 mm² | 610 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jan 14th, 2013 | Jun 20th, 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | Tesla |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 170 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | — |
| Successor | Southern Islands | — |
| Launch price | — | 4,599 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 850 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1050 MHz 4.2 Gbps effective | 715 MHz 1430 Mbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1190 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1329 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | HBM2 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 3072 bit |
| Bandwidth | 134.4 GB/s | 549.1 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1600 | 3584 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 80 | 224 |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| Compute units | 20 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 24 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 3 MB |
| SM count | — | 56 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 27.20 GPixel/s | 127.6 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 68.00 GTexel/s | 297.7 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.720 TFLOPS | 9.526 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 544.0 GFLOPS (1:5) | 4.763 TFLOPS (1:2) |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 19.05 TFLOPS (2:1) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 282 mm 11.1 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| TDP | 175 W | 250 W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 600 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI2x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Board number | C008, E140 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 6.0 |
