GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs Tesla C2050

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla C2050 with GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Tesla C2050
2011
3 GB GDDR5, 238 Watt
8.22

RTX 4080 Mobile outperforms Tesla C2050 by a whopping 546% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking47844
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.21no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGF100GN21-X9
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date25 July 2011 (12 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$70 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores4487424
Core clock speed574 MHz1860 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2280 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)238 Watt150 Watt (60 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate32.14386.3
Floating-point performance1,030.4 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Tesla C2050 and GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length248 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount3 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed3000 MHz20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.0 GB/s432.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 DVIPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.08.9

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 HD21−24
−638%
155
+638%
1440p16−18
−550%
104
+550%
4K10−12
−610%
71
+610%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−610%
149
+610%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−642%
85−90
+642%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−550%
90−95
+550%
Battlefield 5 24−27
−604%
160−170
+604%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−636%
100−110
+636%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−581%
143
+581%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−556%
100−110
+556%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−611%
120−130
+611%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−570%
180−190
+570%
Hitman 3 16−18
−563%
100−110
+563%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−33
−637%
220−230
+637%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−628%
130−140
+628%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−606%
110−120
+606%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
−578%
373
+578%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−617%
129
+617%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−642%
85−90
+642%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−550%
90−95
+550%
Battlefield 5 24−27
−604%
160−170
+604%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−636%
100−110
+636%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−589%
124
+589%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−556%
100−110
+556%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−611%
120−130
+611%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−570%
180−190
+570%
Hitman 3 16−18
−563%
100−110
+563%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−33
−637%
220−230
+637%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−628%
130−140
+628%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−606%
110−120
+606%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
−602%
351
+602%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−568%
334
+568%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−625%
110−120
+625%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−642%
85−90
+642%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
−556%
118
+556%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−636%
100−110
+636%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−572%
121
+572%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−556%
100−110
+556%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−570%
180−190
+570%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−33
−637%
220−230
+637%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−607%
318
+607%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−617%
172
+617%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−588%
110
+588%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−606%
110−120
+606%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−589%
120−130
+589%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−567%
60−65
+567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−564%
93
+564%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−600%
80−85
+600%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−583%
82
+583%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−617%
129
+617%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−556%
110−120
+556%
Hitman 3 10−11
−640%
70−75
+640%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−583%
120−130
+583%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−579%
95−100
+579%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
−577%
237
+577%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−567%
140
+567%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
−564%
93
+564%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−550%
90−95
+550%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−613%
55−60
+613%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−600%
45−50
+600%
Hitman 3 6−7
−633%
40−45
+633%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−617%
86
+617%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−600%
84
+600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−550%
117
+550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−588%
55
+588%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−640%
35−40
+640%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−550%
39
+550%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−580%
30−35
+580%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−558%
75−80
+558%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−640%
70−75
+640%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−567%
60−65
+567%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
−600%
56
+600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−629%
50−55
+629%

This is how Tesla C2050 and RTX 4080 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 638% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 550% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 610% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.22 53.09
Recency 25 July 2011 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 238 Watt 150 Watt

The GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla C2050 in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla C2050 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is a notebook one.


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