Tesla M2090 vs GeForce GTX 285

Place in the ranking	698	463
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.31	no data
Power efficiency	1.34	2.65
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GT200B	GF110
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	23 December 2008 (15 years ago)	25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$359	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	240	512
Core clock speed	648 MHz	651 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	204 Watt	250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	51.84	41.66
Floating-point processing power	0.7085 TFLOPS	1.332 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	80	64

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	248 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz	924 MHz
Memory bandwidth	159.0 GB/s	177.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)

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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	2.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.92	9.51
Recency	23 December 2008	25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	204 Watt	250 Watt

GTX 285 has 22.5% lower power consumption.

Tesla M2090, on the other hand, has a 142.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Tesla M2090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 285 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 285 is a desktop card while Tesla M2090 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.