Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs Tesla M2070 Q

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6850 X2 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 X2 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.
Radeon HD 6850 X2
Tesla M2070 Q

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 X2 Tesla M2070 Q
Power consumption (TDP) 254 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
 
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 has 12% more power consumption, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla M2070 Q has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Tesla M2070 Q - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6850 X2 is 226 MHz higher, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 and Tesla M2070 Q are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6850 X2 is 1068 MHz higher, than Tesla M2070 Q.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 3−4
ultra / 1080p 7−8 1−2
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 14−16
medium / 1080p 16−18 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 166% more, than Tesla M2070 Q.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 X2 Tesla M2070 Q
Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Barts GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 19 September 2011 25 July 2011
Pipelines 960 448
Core clock speed 800 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 38.40 32.14
Floating-point performance 2x 1,536.0 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB/s 150.3 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s