Radeon HD 6850 vs Tesla M2070 Q

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6850 and Tesla M2070 Q. 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 Radeon HD 6850 and Tesla M2070 Q. 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

  Radeon HD 6850 Tesla M2070 Q
Power consumption (TDP) 127 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Tesla M2070 Q has 77% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla M2070 Q has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Tesla M2070 Q - with Fermi.
  • Radeon HD 6850 and Tesla M2070 Q are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Tesla M2070 Q is 50 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 3−4
ultra / 1080p 5−6 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 14−16
medium / 1080p 12−14 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Tesla M2070 Q.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 Tesla M2070 Q
Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Barts GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 21 October 2010 25 July 2011
Pipelines 960 448
Core clock speed 574 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 37.20 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,488.0 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 198 mm 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 150.3 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bus support AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 139 Mh/s 94 Mh/s
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Design reference
CrossFire +
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