AMD Radeon R7 250 vs NVIDIA Tesla M2090

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250 and NVIDIA Tesla M2090 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 M2090

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
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 25 July 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2090

Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 36.4 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
Around 86% better floating-point performance: 1,331.2 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 3700 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13075 vs 7525
Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 33.87 vs 20.161
3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1127.187 vs 304.279
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.833 vs 1.655
Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.33 vs 30.046
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 119.136 vs 96.934

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,331.2 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	3700 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	13075 vs 7525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.87 vs 20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1127.187 vs 304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.833 vs 1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.33 vs 30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	119.136 vs 96.934

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M2090

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7525

13075

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20.161

33.87

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

304.279

1127.187

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.655

3.833

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

30.046

57.33

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

96.934

119.136

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250	NVIDIA Tesla M2090
PassMark - G3D Mark	1051
PassMark - G2D Mark	283
Geekbench - OpenCL	7525	13075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	20.161	33.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	304.279	1127.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.655	3.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.046	57.33
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	96.934	119.136
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 M2090
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Oland	GF110
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	25 July 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$89
Place in performance rating	1087	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	1,331.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	512
Stream Processors	384
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s	36.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	3,000 million
Core clock speed		650 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	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	177.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	3700 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync