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.

 

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 12811
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 788 789
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