NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 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.

NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 365 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Around 83% higher memory clock speed: 3132 MHz vs 1707 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 394

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 24 March 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 365 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz vs 1707 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 394

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

2.1x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 574 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 77.7 billion / sec vs 32.1 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 1024 vs 448
2.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.921 vs 24.784
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1116.126 vs 917.512
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.799 vs 3.125
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.114 vs 44.227
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 107.239 vs 93.533
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3341 vs 1306

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 574 MHz
Texture fill rate	77.7 billion / sec vs 32.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 448
Floating-point performance	2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	30.921 vs 24.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1116.126 vs 917.512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.799 vs 3.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.114 vs 44.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	107.239 vs 93.533
PassMark - G3D Mark	3341 vs 1306

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

24.784

30.921

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

917.512

1116.126

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.125

3.799

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

44.227

49.114

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

93.533

107.239

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

394

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1306

3341

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.784	30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.512	1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.125	3.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.227	49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	93.533	107.239
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	394
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306	3341
Geekbench - OpenCL		12830
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3330
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GF100	GF110
Launch date	25 July 2011	24 March 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,489	$699
Place in performance rating	779	768
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$184
Value for money (0-100)		30.41
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	1215 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	2x 1,244.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	448	1024
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	77.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	365 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	3,000 million
CUDA cores		1024
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Two 8-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		Quad
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory bandwidth	150.3 GB / s	327.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz	1707 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround