ATI FireGL 9700 X1-256 vs Tesla V100 PCIe

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameGV100R300
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date21 June 2017 (7 years ago)1 July 2002 (22 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 cores5120no data
Core clock speed1246 MHz325 MHz
Boost clock speed1380 MHzno data
Number of transistors21,100 million110 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt37 Watt
Texture fill rate441.62.600
ROPs1288
TMUs3208

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 3.0 x16AGP 8x
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2DDR
Maximum RAM amount16 GB256 MB
Memory bus width4096 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1758 MHz310 MHz
Memory bandwidth900.1 GB/s19.84 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.09.0 (9_0)
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA7.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 June 2017 1 July 2002
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 37 Watt

Tesla V100 PCIe has an age advantage of 14 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.

ATI FireGL 9700 X1-256, on the other hand, has 575.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla V100 PCIe and FireGL 9700 X1-256. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe
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