Tesla S2050 vs GeForce GTX 570

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking411not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.61no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF110GF100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date7 December 2010 (13 years ago)25 July 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 $11,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores480448
Core clock speed732 MHz574 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)219 Watt900 Watt
Texture fill rate43.9232.14
Floating-point performance1,405.4 gflops4x 1,027.7 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB3 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz3092 MHz
Memory bandwidth152.0 GB/s148.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.02.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 December 2010 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 900 Watt

GTX 570 has 311% lower power consumption.

Tesla S2050, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and a 140% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 570 and Tesla S2050. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 570 is a desktop card while Tesla S2050 is a workstation one.


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