GRID M60-8Q vs Tesla M2070

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla M2070 and GRID M60-8Q, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Tesla M2070
2011
6 GB GDDR5, 225 Watt
4.88

GRID M60-8Q outperforms Tesla M2070 by a whopping 106% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking632446
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.10no data
Power efficiency1.513.12
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGF100GM204
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)30 August 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,099 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 cores4482048
Core clock speed574 MHz557 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1178 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate32.14150.8
Floating-point processing power1.03 TFLOPS4.825 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs56128

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 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed783 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth150.3 GB/s160.4 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 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA2.05.2

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 4.88 10.07
Recency 25 July 2011 30 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

GRID M60-8Q has a 106.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GRID M60-8Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M2070 in performance tests.


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