Tesla X2070 vs Radeon HD 6480G

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1178not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.31no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameSumoGF110
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date14 June 2011 (13 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)

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 cores240512
Core clock speed444 MHz651 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate5.32841.66
Floating-point processing power0.2131 TFLOPS1.332 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs1264

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
WidthIGPMXM Module

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared6 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared924 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data177.4 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 June 2011 25 July 2011
Chip lithography 32 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 225 Watt

HD 6480G has a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 542.9% lower power consumption.

Tesla X2070, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6480G and Tesla X2070. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6480G is a desktop card while Tesla X2070 is a workstation one.


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