H800 PCIe 80 GB vs Radeon HD 6970

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking537not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.06no data
Power efficiency2.01no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Hopper (2022−2023)
GPU code nameCaymanGH100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date14 December 2010 (14 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$369 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores153614592
Core clock speedno data1095 MHz
Boost clock speed880 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million80,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)550 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate84.48800.3
Floating-point processing power2.703 TFLOPS51.22 TFLOPS
ROPs3224
TMUs96456
Tensor Coresno data456

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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length267 mm268 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount2 GB80 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1593 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data2,039 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
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 11N/A
Shader Model5.0N/A
OpenGL4.4N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-9.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 December 2010 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 550 Watt 350 Watt

H800 PCIe 80 GB has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3900% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 900% more advanced lithography process, and 57.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6970 and H800 PCIe 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6970 is a desktop card while H800 PCIe 80 GB is a workstation one.


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