NVIDIA GRID K120Q vs NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K120Q 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 575 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 238 Watt

Launch date	2 July 2014 vs 25 July 2011
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 238 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2050

2.4x more texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 448 vs 192
3.2x better floating-point performance: 1,030.4 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
10.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3176 vs 293
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 278

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176 vs 293
PassMark - G2D Mark	362 vs 278

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K120Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla C2050

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

293

3176

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

362

Name	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	NVIDIA Tesla C2050
PassMark - G3D Mark	293	3176
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	362
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
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)

	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	NVIDIA Tesla C2050
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK107	GF100
Launch date	2 July 2014	25 July 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$125
Place in performance rating	572	575
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	448
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	32.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	238 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 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
Length		248 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	144.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	3000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5