H100 SXM5 vs Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Hopper (2022−2023)
GPU code nameCypressGH100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date14 January 2013 (11 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16008448
Core clock speed850 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1780 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million80,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt700 Watt
Texture fill rate68.00939.8
Floating-point processing power2.72 TFLOPS30.07 TFLOPS
ROPs3224
TMUs80528
Tensor Coresno data528

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length282 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin8-pin EPS

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5HBM3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB80 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.4 GB/s1,920 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.0N/A
OpenGL4.4N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-9.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 January 2013 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 700 Watt

HD 6870 1600SP Edition has 300% lower power consumption.

H100 SXM5, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 7900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition and H100 SXM5. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition is a desktop card while H100 SXM5 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition
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