AMD Radeon HD 7870M vs NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870M and NVIDIA Tesla C2050 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon HD 7870M

NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 43% higher pipelines: 640 vs 448
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
5.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 238 Watt
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3000 MHz
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 556 vs 362

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2012 vs 25 July 2011
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 575 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 448
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 238 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 3000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	556 vs 362

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Around 1% better floating-point performance: 1,030.4 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3176 vs 1507
4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5962 vs 1367
4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5962 vs 1367
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 9064 vs 3359
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 9064 vs 3359

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176 vs 1507
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5962 vs 1367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5962 vs 1367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	9064 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	9064 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla C2050

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1507

3176

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

362

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1367

5962

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1367

5962

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

9064

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

9064

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870M	NVIDIA Tesla C2050
PassMark - G3D Mark	1507	3176
PassMark - G2D Mark	556	362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1367	5962
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1367	5962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	9064
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	9064
Geekbench - OpenCL		11024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		26.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		901.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		41.654
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		89.869

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7870M	NVIDIA Tesla C2050
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Heathrow	GF100
Launch date	24 April 2012	25 July 2011
Place in performance rating	575	576
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops	1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	448
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s	32.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	238 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		248 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	144.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	3000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0