AMD FirePro W4100 vs NVIDIA Tesla C2050

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Combined performance score

Tesla C2050
8.19
+108%

Tesla C2050 outperforms FirePro W4100 by 108% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking471653
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.210.16
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGF100Cape Verde
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (12 years old)2 October 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$70 $916
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Tesla C2050 has 1906% better value for money than FirePro W4100.

Technical specs

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 cores448512
Core clock speed574 MHz630 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)238 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate32.1420.16
Floating-point performance1,030.4 gflops645.1 gflops

Size and 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 supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length248 mm171 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Form factorno datalow profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

Memory

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 amount3 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3000 MHz4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.0 GB/s72 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI4x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI supportno data1

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Tesla C2050 8.19
+108%
FirePro W4100 3.94

Tesla C2050 outperforms FirePro W4100 by 108% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Tesla C2050 3175
+108%
FirePro W4100 1526

Tesla C2050 outperforms FirePro W4100 by 108% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD30−35
+87.5%
16
−87.5%
4K6−7
+100%
3
−100%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 8.19 3.94
Recency 25 July 2011 2 October 2015
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 238 Watt 50 Watt

The Tesla C2050 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W4100 in performance tests.


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