Radeon HD 4870 vs Tesla M2070 Q

In this comparison between Radeon HD 4870 and Tesla M2070 Q 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 4870 will be the best choice, for others Tesla M2070 Q will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 4870 Tesla M2070 Q
Power consumption (TDP) 150 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 GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Tesla M2070 Q has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla M2070 Q has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 4870 is build with TeraScale architecture, and Tesla M2070 Q - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 is 176 MHz higher, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • Radeon HD 4870 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Tesla M2070 Q - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4870 is 2 mm longer, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 is 468 MHz higher, than Tesla M2070 Q.

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 6−7 6−7
Radeon HD 4870 and Tesla M2070 Q have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 4870 Tesla M2070 Q
Architecture TeraScale Fermi
Code name RV770 GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 25 June 2008 25 July 2011
Pipelines 800 448
Core clock speed 750 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 30.00 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,200.0 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 250 mm 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 150.3 GB/s
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.1 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
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