NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q vs ATI Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q and ATI Radeon X600 SE 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 Radeon X600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 77% higher core clock speed: 574 MHz vs 325 MHz
24.7x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 128 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 3132 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 229
26.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	574 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 229
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306 vs 49

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 SE

6.3x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 SE

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

229

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1306

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	ATI Radeon X600 SE
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	229
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306	49

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	ATI Radeon X600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rage 9
Code name	GF100	RV370
Launch date	25 July 2011	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,489
Place in performance rating	762	764
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	448
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x 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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	150.3 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR