Tesla M2070 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and Tesla M2070, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Vega Frontier Edition
2017, $999
16 GB HBM2, 300 Watt
30.33
+573%

Frontier Edition outperforms M2070 by a whopping 573% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking208699
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.900.05
Power efficiency7.761.54
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameVega 10GF100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 June 2017 (8 years ago)25 July 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $3,099

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Vega Frontier Edition has 13700% better value for money than Tesla M2070.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores4096448
Core clock speed1382 MHz574 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHzno data
Number of transistors12,500 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate409.632.14
Floating-point processing power13.11 TFLOPS1.03 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs25656
L1 Cache1 MB896 KB
L2 Cache4 MB768 KB

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm248 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB6 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz783 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s150.3 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.1.125N/A
CUDA-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 30.33 4.51
Recency 27 June 2017 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 225 Watt

Vega Frontier Edition has a 572.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

Tesla M2070, on the other hand, has 33.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M2070 in performance tests.

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