Tesla M2070 vs Quadro K620

Place in performance ranking	560	598
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	1.21	0.06
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GM107	GF100
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	22 July 2014 (9 years ago)	25 July 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$189.89	$3,099
Current price	$286 (1.5x MSRP)	$4064 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K620 has 1917% better value for money than Tesla M2070.

Detailed Specifications

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 cores	384	448
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	574 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	41 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	26.98	32.14
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	1,030.4 gflops

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 2.0 x16
Length	160 mm	248 mm
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory type	128 Bit	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 29 GB/s	150.3 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 Connectors	DVI-I DP	No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data

Supported GPU Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Desktop Management	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	5.0	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	5.77	4.87
Recency	22 July 2014	25 July 2011
Cost	$189.89	$3099
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	41 Watt	225 Watt