NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 574 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 32.1 GTexel / s
2.1x more pipelines: 960 vs 448
Around 93% better floating-point performance: 1,981 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 61% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 225 Watt
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4005 vs 1306
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 480 vs 444
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 24.784

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 September 2012 vs 25 July 2011
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 574 MHz
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec vs 32.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 448
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4005 vs 1306
PassMark - G2D Mark	480 vs 444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	30.505 vs 24.784

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
522x more memory clock speed: 3132 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 917.512 vs 705.293
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.125 vs 3.085
Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 44.227 vs 35.416
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 93.533 vs 62.69

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.512 vs 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.125 vs 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.227 vs 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	93.533 vs 62.69

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4005

1306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

480

444

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

30.505

24.784

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

705.293

917.512

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.085

3.125

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.416

44.227

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

62.69

93.533

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	4005	1306
PassMark - G2D Mark	480	444
Geekbench - OpenCL	11368
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	30.505	24.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	705.293	917.512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.085	3.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.416	44.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	62.69	93.533
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK106	GF100
Launch date	6 September 2012	25 July 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$5,489
Place in performance rating	776	777
Price now	$349.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	14.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	574 MHz
CUDA cores	960
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops	1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	448
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec	32.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB / s	150.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	3132 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA