Radeon HD 8790M vs Tesla M10

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 8790M and Tesla M10. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon HD 8790M and Tesla M10. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon HD 8790M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8790M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 8790M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 8790M Tesla M10
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 8790M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Tesla M10 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M10 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8790M.
  • Radeon HD 8790M is used in Laptops, and Tesla M10 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 8790M is build with GCN architecture, and Tesla M10 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla M10 is 183 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8790M.
  • Radeon HD 8790M and Tesla M10 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M10 is 700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8790M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 18−20
ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 35−40
medium / 1080p 6−7 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M10 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon HD 8790M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 8790M Tesla M10
Architecture GCN Maxwell
Code name Mars XTX GM107
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 16 November 2012 18 May 2016
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 850 MHz 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz 1306 MHz
Transistor count 950 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 52.24
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 4x 1,672 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 80 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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