AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 and NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 57% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 574 MHz
  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 32.1 GTexel / s
  • Around 71% higher pipelines: 768 vs 448
  • Around 49% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 92% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 3132 MHz
  • Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2331 vs 1306
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 25 July 2011
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 574 MHz
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 32.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 448
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 3132 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2331 vs 1306

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 307
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 vs 307

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2331
1306
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
307
444
Name AMD Radeon R9 M470 NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 2331 1306
PassMark - G2D Mark 307 444
Geekbench - OpenCL 47924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 917.512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 93.533

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M470 NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi
Code name Strato GF100
Launch date 15 May 2016 25 July 2011
Place in performance rating 768 770
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $5,489

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 574 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 448
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 32.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 3,100 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 248 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 150.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DirectCompute 5.0