Tesla S2050 vs Radeon HD 7690M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 952 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 7.70 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Thames | GF100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 25 December 2011 (14 years ago) | 25 July 2011 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $11,999 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 480 | 448 ×4 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 574 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 725 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 3,100 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 900 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.40 | 32.14 ×4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.696 TFLOPS | 1.028 TFLOPS ×4 |
| ROPs | 16 | 48 ×4 |
| TMUs | 24 | 56 ×4 |
| L1 Cache | 48 KB | 896 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 768 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 3 GB ×4 |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit ×4 |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 773 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 148.4 GB/s ×4 |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| 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 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 December 2011 | 25 July 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 3 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 900 Watt |
HD 7690M has an age advantage of 5 months, and 4400% lower power consumption.
Tesla S2050, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7690M and Tesla S2050. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7690M is a notebook graphics card while Tesla S2050 is a workstation one.
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