Radeon HD 7870 XT vs Tesla M6

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 7870 XT and Tesla M6, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon HD 7870 XT stacks up against Tesla M6, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 7870 XT
Tesla M6

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 7870 XT Tesla M6
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
 
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 85% more power consumption, than Tesla M6.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla M6 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Tesla M6 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla M6 is 5 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT and Tesla M6 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 988 MHz higher, than Tesla M6.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 24−27
QHD / 1440p 16−18 20−22
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−12
low / 720p 60−65 65−70
medium / 1080p 40−45 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M6 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 9% more, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7870 XT Tesla M6
Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Tahiti GM204
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 19 November 2012 30 August 2015
Pipelines 1536 1536
Core clock speed 925 MHz 930 MHz
Boost Clock 975 MHz 1180 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 93.60 113.3
Floating-point performance 2,995 gflops 3,625 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
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