FirePro W600 vs Tesla M2070

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla M2070 and FirePro W600, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Tesla M2070
2011
6 GB GDDR5, 225 Watt
4.89
+12.7%

Tesla M2070 outperforms W600 by a moderate 13% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking636675
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.110.46
Power efficiency1.493.97
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGF100Cape Verde
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)13 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,099 $599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W600 has 318% 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 cores448512
Core clock speed574 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate32.1424.00
Floating-point processing power1.03 TFLOPS0.768 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs5632

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 3.0 x16
Length248 mm163 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 amount6 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed783 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth150.3 GB/s64 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 outputs6x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.0-

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 4.89 4.34
Recency 25 July 2011 13 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 75 Watt

Tesla M2070 has a 12.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

FirePro W600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Tesla M2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W600 in performance tests.


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