NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA Tesla C2070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA Tesla C2070 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 91% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 640 vs 448
  • Around 46% better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 238 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3366 vs 3121
  • Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10999 vs 9716
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 26.223
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 3.015
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 43.519
  • Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 93.344
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 3245
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 3245
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 25 July 2011
Core clock speed 1096 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.04 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 448
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 238 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3366 vs 3121
Geekbench - OpenCL 10999 vs 9716
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 vs 26.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.692 vs 3.015
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.794 vs 43.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.513 vs 93.344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 vs 3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 vs 3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3351

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2070

  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 462 vs 245
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 908.754 vs 795.325
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 462 vs 245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 908.754 vs 795.325

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla C2070

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3366
3121
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
245
462
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10999
9716
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.294
26.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
795.325
908.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.692
3.015
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.794
43.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
174.513
93.344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3351
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M NVIDIA Tesla C2070
PassMark - G3D Mark 3366 3121
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 462
Geekbench - OpenCL 10999 9716
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 26.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.325 908.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.692 3.015
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.794 43.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.513 93.344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1231

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M NVIDIA Tesla C2070

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name GM107 GF100
Launch date 13 March 2015 25 July 2011
Place in performance rating 762 765
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 1096 MHz 575 MHz
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 448
Texture fill rate 47.04 GTexel / s 32.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 238 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 248 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 144.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 3000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI