Radeon HD 4890 vs Tesla C2070

In this comparison between Radeon HD 4890 and Tesla C2070 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Radeon HD 4890 will be the best choice, for others Tesla C2070 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 4890 Tesla C2070
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2070 has 25% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla C2070 has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 4890 is build with TeraScale architecture, and Tesla C2070 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 276 MHz higher, than Tesla C2070.
  • Radeon HD 4890 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Tesla C2070 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Tesla C2070 is 7 mm longer, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 912 MHz higher, than Tesla C2070.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 16−18
ultra / 1080p 4−5 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 16−18 30−35
medium / 1080p 8−9 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla C2070 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 122% more, than Radeon HD 4890.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 4890 Tesla C2070
Architecture TeraScale Fermi
Code name RV790 GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 2 April 2009 25 July 2011
Pipelines 800 448
Core clock speed 850 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 959 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 34.00 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,360.0 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 241 mm 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3900 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 124.8 GB/s 143.4 GB/s
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.1 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
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