A10 PCIe vs Tesla M2070-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking730not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiency1.04no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF100GA102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,489 no data

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 cores4489216
Core clock speed574 MHz885 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate32.14488.2
Floating-point processing power1.028 TFLOPS31.24 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs56288
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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 4.0 x16
Length248 mm267 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed783 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth150.3 GB/s600.2 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2011 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 150 Watt

A10 PCIe has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

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