GeForce GTX 590 vs Tesla C2070

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 590 and Tesla C2070. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 590 and Tesla C2070. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 590 Tesla C2070
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 6 GB
Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI
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  • GeForce GTX 590 has 53% more power consumption, than Tesla C2070.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 590 has 3066 GB more memory, than Tesla C2070.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 590 and Tesla C2070 are build with Fermi architecture.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 641 MHz higher, than Tesla C2070.
  • GeForce GTX 590 and Tesla C2070 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Tesla C2070 is 237 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 590.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla C2070 is 1281 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 590.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 16−18
ultra / 1080p 10−11 9−10
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
low / 720p 35−40 30−35
medium / 1080p 21−24 21−24
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 590 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 5% more, than Tesla C2070.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 590 Tesla C2070
Architecture Fermi Fermi
Code name GF110 GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 24 March 2011 25 July 2011
Pipelines 1024 448
Core clock speed 1215 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 77.7 billion/sec 32.14
Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm) 248 mm
Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1707 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB/s 143.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA + 2.0
CUDA cores 1024
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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