Radeon 540X vs Tesla X2070

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated701
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.15
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGF110Lexa
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)5 September 2018 (6 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 cores512512
Core clock speed651 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1046 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate41.6633.47
Floating-point processing power1.332 TFLOPS1.071 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs6432

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 3.0 x8
WidthMXM Moduleno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount6 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed924 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth177.4 GB/s48 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_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2011 5 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 50 Watt

Tesla X2070 has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Radeon 540X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 350% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla X2070 and Radeon 540X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla X2070 is a workstation card while Radeon 540X is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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NVIDIA Tesla X2070
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