NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe vs NVIDIA Tesla M2070
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV37 | GF100 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | NV37 GL | — |
| Architecture | Rankine | Fermi |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 150 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 45 million | 3,100 million |
| Die size | 91 mm² | 529 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | May 25th, 2004 | Jul 25th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Quadro NVS | Tesla |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 26 in our database | — |
| Launch price | — | 3,099 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 275 MHz | 574 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective | 783 MHz 3.1 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1150 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 64 MB | 6 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 8.000 GB/s | 150.3 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 2 | — |
| TMUs | 4 | 56 |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| Shading units | — | 448 |
| SM count | — | 14 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 768 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.100 GPixel/s | 16.07 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 137.5 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 1.100 GTexel/s | 32.14 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 1,030 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 515.2 GFLOPS (1:2) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | 248 mm 9.8 inches |
| TDP | 13 W | 225 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 1x DMS-59 | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0a | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0a | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0a | — |
| CUDA | — | 2.0 |
| Shader model | — | 5.1 |
