GeForce GT 820M vs Tesla M2070

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla M2070 with GeForce GT 820M, including specs and performance data.

Tesla M2070
2011
6 GB GDDR5, 225 Watt
4.88
+237%

Tesla M2070 outperforms GT 820M by a whopping 237% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking632989
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.10no data
Power efficiency1.506.68
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF100GF117
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)27 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,099 no data

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 cores44896
Core clock speed574 MHz775 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate32.1412.40
Floating-point processing power1.03 TFLOPS0.2976 TFLOPS
ROPs488
TMUs5616

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 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB1 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed783 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth150.3 GB/s14.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo 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
CUDA2.02.1

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 4.88 1.45
Recency 25 July 2011 27 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 15 Watt

Tesla M2070 has a 236.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 820M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1400% lower power consumption.

The Tesla M2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 820M in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla M2070 is a workstation card while GeForce GT 820M is a notebook one.


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