Radeon HD 6970M vs Tesla C2070

In this comparison between Radeon HD 6970M 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 6970M will be the best choice, for others Tesla C2070 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Radeon HD 6970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6970M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 6970M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6970M Tesla C2070
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 238 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2070 has 217% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6970M.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Tesla C2070 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla C2070 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is used in Laptops, and Tesla C2070 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla C2070 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6970M is 106 MHz higher, than Tesla C2070.
  • Radeon HD 6970M and Tesla C2070 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla C2070 is 2088 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 16−18
ultra / 1080p 6−7 9−10
QHD / 1440p 1−2 3−4
low / 720p 24−27 30−35
medium / 1080p 14−16 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla C2070 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 54% more, than Radeon HD 6970M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6970M Tesla C2070
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi
Code name Blackcomb XT GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 6 January 2011 25 July 2011
Pipelines 960 448
Core clock speed 680 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 32.64 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,305.6 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 143.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
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) 118 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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