Tesla S2050 vs GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK104GF100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date13 September 2014 (10 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores960448
Core clock speed980 MHz574 MHz
Boost clock speed1032 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt900 Watt
Texture fill rate82.5632.14
Floating-point processing power1.981 TFLOPS1.028 TFLOPS
ROPs2448
TMUs8056

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz773 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.02.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2014 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 900 Watt

GTX 660 Rev. 2 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 542.9% lower power consumption.

Tesla S2050, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 and Tesla S2050. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Tesla S2050 is a workstation one.


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