Tesla C2070 vs GeForce GTX 560 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated509
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.45
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF110GF100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date29 November 2011 (12 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 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 cores384448
Core clock speed552 MHz574 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt238 Watt
Texture fill rate24.2932.14
Floating-point processing power0.8479 TFLOPS1.028 TFLOPS
ROPs4048
TMUs4456

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 2.0 x16
Length229 mm248 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB6 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed802 MHz747 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.3 GB/s143.4 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, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.02.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 November 2011 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 238 Watt

GTX 560 OEM has an age advantage of 4 months, and 58.7% lower power consumption.

Tesla C2070, on the other hand, has a 380% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 OEM and Tesla C2070. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560 OEM is a desktop card while Tesla C2070 is a workstation one.


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