Tesla C2070 vs Tesla M2070

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla M2070 and Tesla C2070, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Tesla M2070
2011
6 GB GDDR5, 225 Watt
4.88

Tesla C2070 outperforms Tesla M2070 by an impressive 66% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking634512
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.10no data
Power efficiency1.512.37
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF100GF100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 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 cores448448
Core clock speed574 MHz574 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt238 Watt
Texture fill rate32.1432.14
Floating-point processing power1.03 TFLOPS1.028 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs5656

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 2.0 x16
Length248 mm248 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 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed783 MHz747 MHz
Memory bandwidth150.3 GB/s143.4 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 outputs1x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.02.0

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 4.88 8.09
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 238 Watt

Tesla M2070 has 5.8% lower power consumption.

Tesla C2070, on the other hand, has a 65.8% higher aggregate performance score.

The Tesla C2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M2070 in performance tests.


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