NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q and ATI Radeon HD 5850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 - 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 24.784 vs 16.467
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.125 vs 1.541
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 44.227 vs 42.08
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 404
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 July 2011 vs 30 September 2009
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.784 vs 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.125 vs 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.227 vs 42.08
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 vs 404

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 574 MHz
  • Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 32.1 GTexel / s
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 1440 vs 448
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 2,088.0 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
  • Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3132 MHz
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1109.612 vs 917.512
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1970 vs 1306
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 574 MHz
Texture fill rate 52.2 GTexel / s vs 32.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1440 vs 448
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 3132 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1109.612 vs 917.512
PassMark - G3D Mark 1970 vs 1306

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5850

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.784
16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
917.512
1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.125
1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
44.227
42.08
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
444
404
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1306
1970
Name NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q ATI Radeon HD 5850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.784 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 917.512 1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.125 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.227 42.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 93.533
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 404
PassMark - G3D Mark 1306 1970
Geekbench - OpenCL 33977
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q ATI Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF100 Cypress
Launch date 25 July 2011 30 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $5,489 $299
Place in performance rating 769 770
Type Workstation Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 574 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 448 1440
Texture fill rate 32.1 GTexel / s 52.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 3,100 million 2,154 million
Boost clock speed 725 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 248 mm 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 150.3 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3132 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity