Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Tesla M2070

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla M2070 with Radeon RX 7900 XTX, including specs and performance data.

Tesla M2070
2011
6 GB GDDR5, 225 Watt
4.88

RX 7900 XTX outperforms Tesla M2070 by a whopping 1549% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6298
Place by popularitynot in top-10061
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.1034.58
Power efficiency1.5015.70
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF100Navi 31
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)3 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,099 $999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XTX has 34480% 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 cores4486144
Core clock speed574 MHz1929 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2498 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt355 Watt
Texture fill rate32.14959.2
Floating-point processing power1.03 TFLOPS61.39 TFLOPS
ROPs48192
TMUs56384
Ray Tracing Coresno data96

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 mm287 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed783 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth150.3 GB/s960.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputs1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.2
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.0-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD14−16
−1721%
255
+1721%
1440p10−12
−1680%
178
+1680%
4K6−7
−1683%
107
+1683%

Cost per frame, $

1080p221.363.92
1440p309.905.61
4K516.509.34

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 242
+0%
242
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 166
+0%
166
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 283
+0%
283
+0%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 231
+0%
231
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 280−290
+0%
280−290
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 350−400
+0%
350−400
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 330
+0%
330
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 241
+0%
241
+0%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 208
+0%
208
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 280−290
+0%
280−290
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 535
+0%
535
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 134
+0%
134
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 210
+0%
210
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 199
+0%
199
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 295
+0%
295
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 406
+0%
406
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 471
+0%
471
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 298
+0%
298
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 158
+0%
158
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 132
+0%
132
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 171
+0%
171
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 141
+0%
141
+0%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Hitman 3 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 328
+0%
328
+0%
Metro Exodus 146
+0%
146
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 360
+0%
360
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 238
+0%
238
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Hitman 3 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 182
+0%
182
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 110
+0%
110
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 107
+0%
107
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
+0%
71
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 227
+0%
227
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 197
+0%
197
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 103
+0%
103
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

This is how Tesla M2070 and RX 7900 XTX compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XTX is 1721% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 XTX is 1680% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 XTX is 1683% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.88 80.46
Recency 25 July 2011 3 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 355 Watt

Tesla M2070 has 57.8% lower power consumption.

RX 7900 XTX, on the other hand, has a 1548.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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 7900 XTX is a desktop one.


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

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