GeForce GTX 260 vs Tesla M2070 Q

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 260 and Tesla M2070 Q, 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 260 stacks up against Tesla M2070 Q, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Tesla M2070 Q
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 6 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Tesla M2070 Q has 23% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 260.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 260 has 890 GB more memory, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Tesla M2070 Q - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 260 is 668 MHz higher, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Tesla M2070 Q - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Tesla M2070 Q is 238 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 260.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M2070 Q is 2133 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 5−6 6−7
GeForce GTX 260 and Tesla M2070 Q have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Tesla M2070 Q
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Fermi
Code name GT200 GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 16 June 2008 25 July 2011
Pipelines 192 448
Core clock speed 1242 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 36.9 billion/sec 32.14
Floating-point performance 476.9 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) 248 mm
Memory bus width 448 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth 111.9 GB/s 150.3 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 2.1 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA + 2.0
CUDA cores 192
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 30 Mh/s 94 Mh/s
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