GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB vs Tesla C2050

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking502not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.46no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGF100GP102
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

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 cores4483200
Core clock speed574 MHz1557 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1670 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million11,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)238 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate32.14334.0
Floating-point processing power1.028 TFLOPS10.69 TFLOPS
ROPs4880
TMUs56200

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length248 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount3 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.0 GB/s528.4 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 Connectors1x DVI1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.06.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 238 Watt 250 Watt

Tesla C2050 has 5% lower power consumption.

GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla C2050 and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla C2050 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB is a desktop one.


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