Tesla C2050 vs Tesla M2090

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Combined performance score

Tesla M2090
9.46
+15.5%

Tesla M2090 outperforms Tesla C2050 by 16% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking430471
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.513.21
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF110GF100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (12 years old)25 July 2011 (12 years old)
Current price$1844 $70
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Tesla C2050 has 529% better value for money than Tesla M2090.

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 cores512448
Core clock speed651 MHz574 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt238 Watt
Texture fill rate41.6632.14
Floating-point performance1,331.2 gflops1,030.4 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length248 mm248 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 amount6 GB3 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed3696 MHz3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth177.4 GB/s144.0 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.02.0

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 M2090 9.46
+15.5%
Tesla C2050 8.19

Tesla M2090 outperforms Tesla C2050 by 16% in our combined benchmark results.


Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Tesla M2090 49
+25.6%
Tesla C2050 39

Tesla M2090 outperforms Tesla C2050 by 26% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.46 8.19
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 238 Watt

The Tesla M2090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla C2050 in performance tests.


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