AMD FirePro S9000 vs NVIDIA Tesla M2070

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Combined performance score

Tesla M2070
4.86

FirePro S9000 outperforms Tesla M2070 by 169% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking596356
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.064.22
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGF100Tahiti
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (12 years old)24 August 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,099 $2,499
Current price$4064 (1.3x MSRP)$433 (0.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro S9000 has 6933% better value for money than Tesla M2070.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4481792
Core clock speed574 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate32.14100.8
Floating-point performance1,030.4 gflops3,226 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length248 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-pin

Memory

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 speed3132 MHz5500 MHz
Memory bandwidth150.3 GB/s264 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 DisplayPort
DisplayPort countno data1
Dual-link DVI supportno data1

API support

List of supported graphics 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
CUDA2.0no data

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.86 13.05
Recency 25 July 2011 24 August 2012
Cost $3099 $2499
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 350 Watt

The FirePro S9000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M2070 in performance tests.


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