AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1792 vs 448
2.8x better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 238 Watt
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 3000 MHz
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.802 vs 26.055
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1230.769 vs 901.157
Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.68 vs 41.654
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 370.179 vs 89.869

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 March 2013 vs 25 July 2011
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	89.6 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 448
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 238 Watt
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 3000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.802 vs 26.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1230.769 vs 901.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.68 vs 41.654
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	370.179 vs 89.869

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla C2050

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

67.802

26.055

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1230.769

901.157

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

81.68

41.654

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

370.179

89.869

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition	NVIDIA Tesla C2050
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.802	26.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1230.769	901.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.68	41.654
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	370.179	89.869
PassMark - G3D Mark		3176
PassMark - G2D Mark		362
Geekbench - OpenCL		11024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		5962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		5962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		9064

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition	NVIDIA Tesla C2050
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Tahiti	GF100
Launch date	7 March 2013	25 July 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	577	578
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops	1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1792	448
Texture fill rate	89.6 GTexel / s	32.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	238 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	144.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	3000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5