Tesla M2070 vs Quadro 4000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro 4000 and Tesla M2070, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro 4000
2010
2 GB GDDR5, 142 Watt
3.83

Tesla M2070 outperforms 4000 by a significant 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking704634
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.160.10
Power efficiency1.881.51
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF100GF100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date2 November 2010 (14 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 $3,099

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro 4000 has 60% better value for money than Tesla M2070.

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 cores256448
Core clock speed475 MHz574 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)142 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate15.2032.14
Floating-point processing power0.4864 TFLOPS1.03 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs3256

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
Length241 mm248 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 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 amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed702 MHz783 MHz
Memory bandwidth89.86 GB/s150.3 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs

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

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.83 4.88
Recency 2 November 2010 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 142 Watt 225 Watt

Quadro 4000 has 58.5% lower power consumption.

Tesla M2070, on the other hand, has a 27.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, and a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Tesla M2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 4000 in performance tests.


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