Radeon R9 280 vs Tesla C2070

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon R9 280 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 Radeon R9 280 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

  Radeon R9 280 Tesla C2070
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2070 has 19% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 280.
  • Radeon R9 280 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Tesla C2070 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla C2070 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon R9 280 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Tesla C2070 - with Fermi.
  • Radeon R9 280 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Tesla C2070 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 280 is 27 mm longer, than Tesla C2070.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla C2070 is 1738 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 280.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 16−18
ultra / 1080p 21−24 9−10
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−35
medium / 1080p 40−45 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 111% more, than Tesla C2070.

Full Specs

  Radeon R9 280 Tesla C2070
Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Tahiti GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 4 March 2014 25 July 2011
Pipelines 1792 448
Core clock speed 574 MHz
Boost Clock 933 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 104.5 32.14
Floating-point performance 3,344 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 275 mm 248 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s 143.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan + N/A
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 408 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 21.5 Mh/s
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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