Radeon RX 5500M vs Tesla M2070

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla M2070 with Radeon RX 5500M, including specs and performance data.

Tesla M2070
2011
6 GB GDDR5, 225 Watt
4.88

RX 5500M outperforms Tesla M2070 by a whopping 196% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking634358
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.11no data
Power efficiency1.5111.84
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGF100Navi 14
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)7 October 2019 (5 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 cores4481408
Core clock speed574 MHz1375 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1645 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate32.14144.8
Floating-point processing power1.03 TFLOPS4.632 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs5688

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length248 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed783 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth150.3 GB/s224.0 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.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.0-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD18−20
−217%
57
+217%
1440p18−20
−211%
56
+211%
4K9−10
−200%
27
+200%

Cost per frame, $

1080p172.17no data
1440p172.17no data
4K344.33no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 55
+0%
55
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 43
+0%
43
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 56
+0%
56
+0%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 53
+0%
53
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 43
+0%
43
+0%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Hitman 3 58
+0%
58
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 146
+0%
146
+0%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 57
+0%
57
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 169
+0%
169
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 26
+0%
26
+0%
Battlefield 5 34
+0%
34
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 48
+0%
48
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 33
+0%
33
+0%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Hitman 3 58
+0%
58
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 144
+0%
144
+0%
Metro Exodus 36
+0%
36
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 52
+0%
52
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 82
+0%
82
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 168
+0%
168
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 31
+0%
31
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
+0%
14
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 26
+0%
26
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 30
+0%
30
+0%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Hitman 3 50
+0%
50
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 69
+0%
69
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 72
+0%
72
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45
+0%
45
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 22
+0%
22
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 54
+0%
54
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 54
+0%
54
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10
+0%
10
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Hitman 3 33
+0%
33
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55
+0%
55
+0%
Metro Exodus 47
+0%
47
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 163
+0%
163
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40
+0%
40
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 29
+0%
29
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Hitman 3 9
+0%
9
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65
+0%
65
+0%
Metro Exodus 28
+0%
28
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 20
+0%
20
+0%

This is how Tesla M2070 and RX 5500M compete in popular games:

  • RX 5500M is 217% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5500M is 211% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5500M is 200% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.88 14.44
Recency 25 July 2011 7 October 2019
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 85 Watt

Tesla M2070 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 5500M, on the other hand, has a 195.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 164.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M2070 in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla M2070 is a workstation card while Radeon RX 5500M is a notebook one.


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