Tesla S2050 vs Radeon HD 6230
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1308 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.74 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Park | GF100 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 2 July 2011 (14 years ago) | 25 July 2011 (14 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 cores | 80 | 448 ×4 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 574 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 3,100 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 900 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.200 | 32.14 ×4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.104 TFLOPS | 1.028 TFLOPS ×4 |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 ×4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 56 ×4 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | 896 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 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 | DDR2 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 3 GB ×4 |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 384 Bit ×4 |
| Memory clock speed | 667 MHz | 773 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.67 GB/s | 148.4 GB/s ×4 |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
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
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 3 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 900 Watt |
HD 6230 has 4636.8% lower power consumption.
Tesla S2050, on the other hand, has a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6230 and Tesla S2050. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6230 is a desktop graphics card while Tesla S2050 is a workstation one.
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