Radeon R9 270 vs Tesla C2070

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon R9 270 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 270 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 270 Tesla C2070
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2070 has 58% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 270.
  • Radeon R9 270 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Tesla C2070 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla C2070 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 270.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon R9 270 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Tesla C2070 - with Fermi.
  • Radeon R9 270 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Tesla C2070 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Tesla C2070 is 38 mm longer, than Radeon R9 270.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 16−18
ultra / 1080p 12−14 9−10
QHD / 1440p 7−8 3−4
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 30−35
medium / 1080p 27−30 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 29% more, than Tesla C2070.

Full Specs

  Radeon R9 270 Tesla C2070
Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Curacao GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 13 November 2013 25 July 2011
Pipelines 1280 448
Core clock speed 574 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 74.00 32.14
Floating-point performance 2,368 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 210 mm 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 179.2 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) 293 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16 Mh/s
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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