Radeon HD 8870M vs Tesla M60

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 8870M and Tesla M60. 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 8870M and Tesla M60. 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 8870M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8870M 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 8870M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 8870M Tesla M60
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5, DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla M60 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8870M.
  • Radeon HD 8870M is used in Laptops, and Tesla M60 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 8870M is build with GCN architecture, and Tesla M60 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8870M is 168 MHz higher, than Tesla M60.
  • Radeon HD 8870M and Tesla M60 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M60 is 512 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8870M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 9−10 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 330% more, than Radeon HD 8870M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 8870M Tesla M60
Architecture GCN Maxwell 2.0
Code name Venus GM204
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 18 December 2012 30 August 2015
Pipelines 640 2048
Core clock speed 725 MHz 557 MHz
Boost Clock 775 MHz 1178 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 31.00 150.8
Floating-point performance 992.0 gflops 2x 4,833 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s 432 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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