NVIDIA GRID K520 vs NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K520 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K520

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 574 MHz
  • 65.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 32.1 GTexel / s
  • 6.9x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 448
  • 4.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,448 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 33% higher maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 3132 MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3516 vs 1306
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1063.784 vs 917.512
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.244 vs 3.125
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 July 2013 vs 25 July 2011
Core clock speed 745 MHz vs 574 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 32.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 1536 vs 448
Floating-point performance 2x 2,448 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2x 4 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 3132 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3516 vs 1306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1063.784 vs 917.512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.244 vs 3.125

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 160
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 24.784 vs 20.654
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 44.227 vs 42.277
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 93.533 vs 76.158
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 vs 160
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.784 vs 20.654
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.227 vs 42.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 93.533 vs 76.158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K520
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3516
1306
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
160
444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.654
24.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1063.784
917.512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.244
3.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42.277
44.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.158
93.533
Name NVIDIA GRID K520 NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 3516 1306
PassMark - G2D Mark 160 444
Geekbench - OpenCL 10864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.654 24.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1063.784 917.512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.244 3.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.277 44.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 76.158 93.533
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GRID K520 NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK104 GF100
Launch date 23 July 2013 25 July 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $3,599 $5,489
Place in performance rating 760 762
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz 574 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 2,448 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 2x 1536 448
Texture fill rate 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 32.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 248 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 160.0 GB / s 150.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5