AMD Radeon R7 250 vs NVIDIA Tesla M2050

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250 and NVIDIA Tesla M2050 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 250

NVIDIA Tesla M2050

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 96.934 vs 95.318

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 25 July 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	96.934 vs 95.318

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2050

Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 448 vs 384
Around 44% better floating-point performance: 1,030.4 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 3092 MHz vs 1150 MHz
4.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36584 vs 7734
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 23.848 vs 20.161
3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 966.795 vs 304.279
Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.15 vs 1.655
Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 44.227 vs 30.046

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	3092 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	36584 vs 7734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	23.848 vs 20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	966.795 vs 304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.15 vs 1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.227 vs 30.046

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M2050

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7734

36584

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20.161

23.848

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

304.279

966.795

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.655

3.15

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

30.046

44.227

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

96.934

95.318

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250	NVIDIA Tesla M2050
PassMark - G3D Mark	1072
PassMark - G2D Mark	289
Geekbench - OpenCL	7734	36584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	20.161	23.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	304.279	966.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.655	3.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.046	44.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	96.934	95.318
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250	NVIDIA Tesla M2050
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Oland	GF100
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	25 July 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$89	$2,699
Place in performance rating	1089	1090
Price now	$78.34
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	27.62
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	716.8 gflops	1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	448
Stream Processors	384
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s	32.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	3,100 million
Core clock speed		575 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	148.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	3092 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync