Radeon RX 6900 vs Tesla M2070
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Tesla M2070 with Radeon RX 6900, including specs and performance data.
RX 6900 outperforms M2070 by a whopping 1315% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 704 | 36 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.05 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.54 | 19.25 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | Navi 21 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 July 2011 (14 years ago) | 28 October 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,099 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 574 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2105 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 23,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 255 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 32.14 | 606.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.03 TFLOPS | 19.4 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| TMUs | 56 | 288 |
| L1 Cache | 896 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | no data |
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 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 248 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 783 MHz | 16 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 150.3 GB/s | 512.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 2.0 | - |
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 | 4.51 | 63.83 |
| Recency | 25 July 2011 | 28 October 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 255 Watt |
Tesla M2070 has 13.3% lower power consumption.
RX 6900, on the other hand, has a 1315.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 6900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M2070 in performance tests.
Be aware that Tesla M2070 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6900 is a desktop one.
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