Radeon RX 540 vs Tesla M2070 Q

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon RX 540 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 RX 540 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 RX 540 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 540 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 RX 540 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon RX 540 Tesla M2070 Q
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Tesla M2070 Q has 246% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 540.
  • Radeon RX 540 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Tesla M2070 Q uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M2070 Q has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 540.
  • Radeon RX 540 is used in Laptops, and Tesla M2070 Q - in Desktops.
  • Radeon RX 540 is build with Polaris architecture, and Tesla M2070 Q - with Fermi.
  • Radeon RX 540 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Tesla M2070 Q - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 540 is 2868 MHz higher, than Tesla M2070 Q.

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 18−20 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 540 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than Tesla M2070 Q.

Full Specs

  Radeon RX 540 Tesla M2070 Q
Architecture Polaris Fermi
Code name Polaris 12 GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 21 March 2017 25 July 2011
Pipelines 512 448
Core clock speed 574 MHz
Boost Clock 1219 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 39.01 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 150.3 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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