ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2 vs Tesla C2050
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 575 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.45 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | M88 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 25 July 2011 (14 years ago) | 4 June 2008 (17 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 cores | 448 | 320 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 574 MHz | 580 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 666 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 238 Watt | 70 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 32.14 | 9.280 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.028 TFLOPS | 0.3712 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 48 | 16 ×2 |
| TMUs | 56 | 16 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 896 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | 256 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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 248 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | no 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 512 MB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 750 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 144.0 GB/s | 48 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | 1x DVI | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 2.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 July 2011 | 4 June 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 238 Watt | 70 Watt |
Tesla C2050 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.
ATI Mobility HD 3850 X2, on the other hand, has 240% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Tesla C2050 and Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla C2050 is a workstation graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2 is a notebook one.
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