NVIDIA Tesla C2070 vs ATI FirePro V9800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C2070 and ATI FirePro V9800 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 Tesla C2070

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 238 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2840 vs 2727
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 26.223 vs 9.718
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 908.754 vs 738.1
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.015 vs 0.867
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 43.519 vs 27.153
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 July 2011 vs 9 September 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 238 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2840 vs 2727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.223 vs 9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 908.754 vs 738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.015 vs 0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 43.519 vs 27.153

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

  • Around 48% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
  • 3.6x more pipelines: 1600 vs 448
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
  • Around 53% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 3000 MHz
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 471
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 118.756 vs 93.344
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate 68.0 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1600 vs 448
Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz vs 3000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 655 vs 471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 118.756 vs 93.344

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C2070
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V9800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2840
2727
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
471
655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.223
9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
908.754
738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.015
0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.519
27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
93.344
118.756
Name NVIDIA Tesla C2070 ATI FirePro V9800
PassMark - G3D Mark 2840 2727
PassMark - G2D Mark 471 655
Geekbench - OpenCL 9716
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.223 9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 908.754 738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.015 0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 43.519 27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 93.344 118.756
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla C2070 ATI FirePro V9800

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF100 Cypress
Launch date 25 July 2011 9 September 2010
Place in performance rating 756 627
Type Workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $3,499

Technical info

Core clock speed 575 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,030.4 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 448 1600
Texture fill rate 32.2 GTexel / s 68.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 238 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 3,100 million 2,154 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 144.0 GB / s 147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 4600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5