AMD FirePro W600 vs NVIDIA Tesla M2070

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Combined performance score

Tesla M2070
4.86
+12.8%

Tesla M2070 outperforms FirePro W600 by 13% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking596631
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.060.51
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGF100Cape Verde
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (12 years old)13 June 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,099 $599
Current price$4064 (1.3x MSRP)$358 (0.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W600 has 750% 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 cores448512
Core clock speed574 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate32.1424.00
Floating-point performance1,030.4 gflops768.0 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length248 mm163 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3132 MHz4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth150.3 GB/s64 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 outputs6x mini-DisplayPort

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 4.31
Recency 25 July 2011 13 June 2012
Cost $3099 $599
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 75 Watt

The Tesla M2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W600 in performance tests.


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