Radeon HD 6990M vs Tesla M2070 Q

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6990M and Tesla M2070 Q. 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 HD 6990M and Tesla M2070 Q. 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.

Radeon HD 6990M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6990M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 6990M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6990M Tesla M2070 Q
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 225 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M2070 Q has 125% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • Radeon HD 6990M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Tesla M2070 Q uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M2070 Q has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • Radeon HD 6990M is used in Laptops, and Tesla M2070 Q - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6990M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla M2070 Q - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990M is 141 MHz higher, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • Radeon HD 6990M and Tesla M2070 Q are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M2070 Q is 2232 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 3−4
ultra / 1080p 8−9 1−2
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 30−33 14−16
medium / 1080p 16−18 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than Tesla M2070 Q.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6990M Tesla M2070 Q
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi
Code name Blackcomb XTX GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 12 July 2011 25 July 2011
Pipelines 1120 448
Core clock speed 715 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 40.04 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,601.6 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 150.3 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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