NVIDIA started Tesla C2070 sales 25 July 2011. This is a Fermi architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 6 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 2.99 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 143.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 248 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 238 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Tesla C2070: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	502
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.11
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF100
Market segment	Workstation
Release date	25 July 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	$5193	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

Tesla C2070's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Tesla C2070's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	448	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	574 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	3,100 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	238 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	32.14	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Tesla C2070 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Tesla C2070: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	384 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Tesla C2070. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

1x DVI

API compatibility

APIs supported by Tesla C2070, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	2.0

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Tesla C2070. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Tesla C2070 7.34

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Tesla C2070 2839

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Tesla C2070 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Closest competitors

Tesla C2070's performance relative to its closest rivals among server graphics cards.

FirePro W4300 101.91

Radeon Pro V340 MxGPU 100.41

GRID K280Q 100

Tesla C2070 100

GRID K2 96.32

FirePro S7150 95.91

Quadro K4000 95.78

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Tesla C2070 is Radeon Pro V340 MxGPU, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our ranking.