NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q and AMD Radeon HD 6970M 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
  • 5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 24.784 vs 4.787
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 917.512 vs 617.819
  • 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.125 vs 0.927
  • Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 44.227 vs 24.456
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 July 2011 vs 4 January 2011
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.784 vs 4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 917.512 vs 617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.125 vs 0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.227 vs 24.456

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 574 MHz
  • Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 32.1 GTexel / s
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 960 vs 448
  • Around 27% better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 3132 MHz
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 117.801 vs 93.533
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 444
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 1306
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 680 MHz vs 574 MHz
Texture fill rate 32.6 GTexel / s vs 32.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 448
Floating-point performance 1,305.6 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 3132 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 117.801 vs 93.533
PassMark - G2D Mark 656 vs 444
PassMark - G3D Mark 2270 vs 1306

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.784
4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
917.512
617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.125
0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
44.227
24.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
93.533
117.801
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
444
656
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1306
2270
Name NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q AMD Radeon HD 6970M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.784 4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 917.512 617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.125 0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.227 24.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 93.533 117.801
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 656
PassMark - G3D Mark 1306 2270
Geekbench - OpenCL 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF100 Blackcomb
Launch date 25 July 2011 4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $5,489
Place in performance rating 788 790
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 574 MHz 680 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops 1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 448 960
Texture fill rate 32.1 GTexel / s 32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 248 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 150.3 GB / s 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3132 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0