NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M 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 Quadro FX 3600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 574 MHz vs 500 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
4.7x more pipelines: 448 vs 96
6.4x better floating-point performance: 1,027.7 gflops vs 160 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
Around 96% higher memory clock speed: 3132 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 365
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 467

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 23 February 2008
Core clock speed	574 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops vs 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 365
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306 vs 467

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

365

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1306

467

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
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	365
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306	467
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1820
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1820

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF100	G92
Launch date	25 July 2011	23 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,489
Place in performance rating	777	779
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	448	96
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	150.3 GB / s	51.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0