NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4.5x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Around 87% higher pipelines: 448 vs 240
3.6x better floating-point performance: 1,027.7 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 256 MB
Around 96% higher memory clock speed: 3132 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 344
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 292

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 6 November 2007
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 240
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 344
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306 vs 292

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 601 MHz vs 574 MHz
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	601 MHz vs 574 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

344

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1306

292

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
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	344
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306	292
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2648

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	R600
Launch date	25 July 2011	6 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,489
Place in performance rating	777	780
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	601 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	448	240
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	7.21 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	150.3 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3