Radeon HD 6970 vs Tesla M60

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6970 and Tesla M60, 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 Radeon HD 6970 stacks up against Tesla M60, check out specs charts below.

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Main Specs

	Radeon HD 6970	Tesla M60
Power consumption (TDP)	550 Watt	300 Watt
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Memory type	DDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
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Radeon HD 6970 has 83% more power consumption, than Tesla M60.
Radeon HD 6970 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Tesla M60 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Tesla M60 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
Radeon HD 6970 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla M60 - with Maxwell 2.0.
Radeon HD 6970 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Tesla M60 - by 28 nm process technology.
Both graphics cards are the same length of 267 mm.
Memory clock speed of Tesla M60 is 3637 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	14−16	35−40
ultra / 1080p	9−10	24−27
QHD / 1440p	3−4	18−20
4K / 2160p	−	10−11
low / 720p	30−35	60−65
medium / 1080p	18−20	45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 153% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
high / 1080p	24−27	55−60
ultra / 1080p	21−24	50−55
QHD / 1440p	7−8	35−40
4K / 2160p	5−6	18−20
low / 720p	50−55	110−120
medium / 1080p	27−30	65−70
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Battlefield 5 is 152% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	45−50	50−55
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	210−220	250−260
medium / 768p	180−190	220−230
ultra / 1080p	95−100	180−190
QHD / 1440p	50−55	110−120
4K / 2160p	30−33	70−75
high / 768p	140−150	210−220
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 46% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	55−60	60−65
ultra / 1080p	40−45	−
medium / 1080p	45−50	55−60
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	110−120	120−130
medium / 768p	90−95	110−120
ultra / 1080p	60−65	100−110
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Dota 2 is 27% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
high / 1080p	18−20	45−50
ultra / 1080p	16−18	45−50
QHD / 1440p	−	30−33
4K / 2160p	6−7	16−18
low / 720p	35−40	85−90
medium / 1080p	18−20	50−55
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Far Cry 5 is 163% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
high / 1080p	24−27	60−65
ultra / 1080p	18−20	50−55
QHD / 1440p	16−18	30−33
4K / 2160p	−	27−30
low / 720p	95−100	180−190
medium / 1080p	50−55	120−130
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Fortnite is 116% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
high / 1080p	24−27	60−65
ultra / 1080p	20−22	45−50
QHD / 1440p	9−10	30−35
4K / 2160p	−	24−27
low / 720p	50−55	110−120
medium / 1080p	27−30	70−75
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Forza Horizon 4 is 144% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	85−90	140−150
medium / 768p	75−80	130−140
high / 1080p	30−33	75−80
ultra / 1080p	12−14	30−35
QHD / 1440p	3−4	24−27
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Grand Theft Auto V is 97% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
high / 1080p	9−10	24−27
ultra / 1080p	7−8	21−24
QHD / 1440p	−	18−20
4K / 2160p	2−3	9−10
low / 720p	27−30	70−75
medium / 1080p	12−14	35−40
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Metro Exodus is 175% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	110−120	130−140
ultra / 1080p	100−110	−
medium / 1080p	100−110	120−130
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Minecraft is 18% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
high / 1080p	21−24	−
ultra / 1080p	18−20	14−16
low / 720p	55−60	100−110
medium / 1080p	24−27	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 35% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
high / 1080p	14−16	24−27
ultra / 1080p	9−10	16−18
QHD / 1440p	0−1	10−12
4K / 2160p	−	8−9
low / 720p	27−30	70−75
medium / 1080p	16−18	35−40
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 123% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	55−60	130−140
medium / 768p	30−35	85−90
high / 1080p	18−20	50−55
ultra / 1080p	10−12	27−30
4K / 2160p	8−9	16−18
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 156% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	100−110	90−95
medium / 768p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	35−40	55−60
high / 768p	50−55	−
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in World of Tanks is 2% more, than Radeon HD 6970.

Full Specs

	Radeon HD 6970	Tesla M60
Architecture	Terascale 2	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Cayman	GM204
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	14 December 2010	30 August 2015
Pipelines	1536	2048
Core clock speed		557 MHz
Boost Clock	880 MHz	1178 MHz
Transistor count	2,640 million	5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	84.48	150.8
Floating-point performance	2,703.4 gflops	2x 4,833 gflops
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth		160.4 GB/s
DirectX		12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan		1.1.126
CUDA		5.2
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI	+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)	273 Mh/s	432 Mh/s
Eyefinity	+
Design	reference
CrossFire	+
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Radeon HD 6970 vs Tesla M60

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