Tesla C2050 vs Radeon RX 570 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated505
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.39
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameEllesmereGF100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date10 December 2017 (6 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599.99 no data

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 cores2048448
Core clock speed926 MHz574 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt238 Watt
Texture fill rate154.432.14
Floating-point processing power4.94 TFLOPS1.028 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs12856

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data248 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 amount8 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz750 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s144.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 December 2017 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 238 Watt

RX 570 Mobile has an age advantage of 6 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 180% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 570 Mobile and Tesla C2050. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 570 Mobile is a notebook card while Tesla C2050 is a workstation one.


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