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).

NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

AMD Radeon HD 6970M

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	789	791
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