Radeon R5 M250 vs Tesla C2050
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 505 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.39 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | Jet |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 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 cores | 448 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 574 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 238 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 32.14 | 14.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.028 TFLOPS | 0.448 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 8 |
| TMUs | 56 | 20 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| 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 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 750 MHz | 1800 MBps |
| Memory bandwidth | 144.0 GB/s | 14.4 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 Connectors | 1x DVI | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 (1.2) |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.170 |
| CUDA | 2.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
Tesla C2050 has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.
R5 M250, on the other hand, has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Tesla C2050 and Radeon R5 M250. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla C2050 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R5 M250 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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