FirePro S9000 vs Tesla M2090
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Tesla M2090 and FirePro S9000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
S9000 outperforms Tesla M2090 by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 464 | 387 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 1.01 |
| Power efficiency | 2.65 | 4.06 |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | GF110 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 25 July 2011 (13 years ago) | 24 August 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,499 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 512 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 651 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 41.66 | 100.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.332 TFLOPS | 3.226 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 112 |
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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 248 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 924 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 177.4 GB/s | 264 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 | No outputs | 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
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 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 2.0 | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.51 | 13.11 |
| Recency | 25 July 2011 | 24 August 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 350 Watt |
Tesla M2090 has 40% lower power consumption.
FirePro S9000, on the other hand, has a 37.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
The FirePro S9000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M2090 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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