Radeon HD 7970 vs Tesla M10

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 7970 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 7970 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.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 7970 Tesla M10
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7970 has 33% more power consumption, than Tesla M10.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla M10 has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7970 is build with GCN architecture, and Tesla M10 - with Maxwell.
  • Radeon HD 7970 and Tesla M10 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7970 is 7 mm longer, than Tesla M10.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M10 is 3825 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 18−20
ultra / 1080p 21−24 10−11
QHD / 1440p 16−18 4−5
4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
low / 720p 60−65 35−40
medium / 1080p 40−45 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Tesla M10.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7970 Tesla M10
Architecture GCN Maxwell
Code name Tahiti XT GM107
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 22 December 2011 18 May 2016
Pipelines 2048 640
Core clock speed 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz 1306 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 118.4 52.24
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops 4x 1,672 gflops
Length 274 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1375 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
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