NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q vs ATI FireGL V3200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q and ATI FireGL V3200 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.

NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

ATI FireGL V3200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 574 MHz vs 500 MHz
16.1x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 128 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 3132 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 236
15.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 85

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	574 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 236
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306 vs 85

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3200

4.9x lower typical power consumption: 46 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	46 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3200

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

236

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1306

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	ATI FireGL V3200
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	93.533
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	236
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306	85

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	ATI FireGL V3200
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rage 9
Code name	GF100	RV380
Launch date	25 July 2011	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,489
Place in performance rating	779	778
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	448
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	46 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	150.3 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR