Tesla S2050 vs Radeon R9 380X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	397	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.03	no data
Power efficiency	5.94	no data
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Antigua	GF100
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	19 November 2015 (10 years ago)	25 July 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$11,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	2048	448 ×4
Compute units	32	no data
Core clock speed	no data	574 MHz
Boost clock speed	970 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,000 million	3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	900 Watt
Texture fill rate	124.2	32.14 ×4
Floating-point processing power	3.973 TFLOPS	1.028 TFLOPS ×4
ROPs	32	48 ×4
TMUs	128	56 ×4
L1 Cache	512 KB	896 KB
L2 Cache	512 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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	​2 x 6-pin	no data
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

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	GDDR5	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	-	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB ×4
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	773 MHz
Memory bandwidth	182.4 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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	+	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	2.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 November 2015	25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	900 Watt

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