Tesla M2070 vs Tesla C2050

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla C2050 and Tesla M2070, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Tesla C2050
2011
3 GB GDDR5, 238 Watt
8.24
+68.5%

Tesla C2050 outperforms Tesla M2070 by an impressive 69% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking508636
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.11
Power efficiency2.381.49
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF100GF100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,099

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores448448
Core clock speed574 MHz574 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)238 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate32.1432.14
Floating-point processing power1.028 TFLOPS1.03 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs5656

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 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length248 mm248 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz783 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.0 GB/s150.3 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 Connectors1x DVINo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.02.0

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 8.24 4.89
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 238 Watt 225 Watt

Tesla C2050 has a 68.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Tesla M2070, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 5.8% lower power consumption.

The Tesla C2050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M2070 in performance tests.


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