Quadro FX 4500 X2 vs Tesla C2070

Place in the ranking	509	1194
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.35	0.29
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	GF100	G71
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	25 July 2011 (13 years ago)	24 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$2,799

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 cores	448	no data
Core clock speed	574 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	238 Watt	145 Watt
Texture fill rate	32.14	12.00
Floating-point processing power	1.028 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	16
TMUs	56	24

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	248 mm	305 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 6-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	747 MHz	605 MHz
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB/s	38.72 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 Connectors

1x DVI

4x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.0	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 8.09
+1226%

FX 4500 X2 0.61

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Tesla C2070 3120
+1222%

FX 4500 X2 236

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	8.09	0.61
Recency	25 July 2011	24 April 2006
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	238 Watt	145 Watt

Tesla C2070 has a 1226.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

FX 4500 X2, on the other hand, has 64.1% lower power consumption.

The Tesla C2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 4500 X2 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.