GeForce GTX 470 vs Tesla C2070

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 470 and Tesla C2070, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 470 stacks up against Tesla C2070, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 470 Tesla C2070
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 6 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2070 has 10% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 470.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 470 has 1274 GB more memory, than Tesla C2070.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 470 and Tesla C2070 are build with Fermi architecture.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 470 is 641 MHz higher, than Tesla C2070.
  • GeForce GTX 470 and Tesla C2070 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Tesla C2070 is 239 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 470.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla C2070 is 1314 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 470.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 16−18
ultra / 1080p 10−11 9−10
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 30−35
medium / 1080p 21−24 21−24
GeForce GTX 470 and Tesla C2070 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 470 Tesla C2070
Architecture Fermi Fermi
Code name GF100 GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 12 April 2010 25 July 2011
Pipelines 448 448
Core clock speed 1215 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 34.0 billion/sec 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm) 248 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1674 MHz (3348 data rate) 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 133.9 GB/s 143.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA + 2.0
CUDA cores 448
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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