Tesla S1070 vs Radeon RX 480

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking250not rated
Place by popularity97not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation15.82no data
Power efficiency10.21no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameEllesmereGT200B
GCN generation4th Genno data
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date29 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $7,999

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 cores2304240
Compute units36no data
Core clock speed1120 MHz610 MHz
Boost clock speed1266 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt800 Watt
Texture fill rate182.348.80
Floating-point processing power5.834 TFLOPS0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs14480

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 supportn/ano data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s102.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI2.0-
DisplayPort support1.4HDR-

Supported technologies

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

AppAccelerationn/a-
CrossFire+-
Enduron/a-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3Dn/a-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudion/a-
ZeroCore+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan+N/A
Mantlen/a-
CUDA-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 June 2016 1 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 800 Watt

RX 480 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 433.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 480 and Tesla S1070. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 480 is a desktop card while Tesla S1070 is a workstation one.


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