NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
7x more pipelines: 448 vs 64
5.4x better floating-point performance: 1,027.7 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 308
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 679

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	448 vs 64
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 308
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306 vs 679

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

2.6x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 574 MHz
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 574 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

308

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1306

679

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
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	308
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306	679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3221

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF100	G94
Launch date	25 July 2011	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,489
Place in performance rating	777	778
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	448	64
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		288
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	150.3 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD