NVIDIA Tesla M2070 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla M2070

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 574 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 28 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 448 vs 112
3.7x better floating-point performance: 1,030.4 gflops vs 280 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

Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 8 January 2008
Core clock speed	574 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 112
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops vs 280 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

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 78 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	78 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2070	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	910.236
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	46.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	94.442
PassMark - G3D Mark		372
PassMark - G2D Mark		81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2070	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF100	G92
Launch date	25 July 2011	8 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,099	$1,599
Place in performance rating	1327	1330
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$99.02
Value for money (0-100)		8.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops	280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	448	112
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	78 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
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	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3