NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 vs NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 863 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • 5x more texture fill rate: 160.5 billion / sec vs 32.2 GTexel / s
  • 5.1x more pipelines: 2304 vs 448
  • 4x better floating-point performance: 4,156 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 3000 MHz
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7986 vs 3176
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 590 vs 362
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 23233 vs 11024
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 57.735 vs 26.055
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1269.688 vs 901.157
  • Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.505 vs 2.99
  • Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.323 vs 89.869
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 May 2013 vs 25 July 2011
Core clock speed 863 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate 160.5 billion / sec vs 32.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 448
Floating-point performance 4,156 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 3000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7986 vs 3176
PassMark - G2D Mark 590 vs 362
Geekbench - OpenCL 23233 vs 11024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 57.735 vs 26.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1269.688 vs 901.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.505 vs 2.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.323 vs 89.869

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2050

  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 238 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 41.654 vs 37.407
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5962 vs 3714
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 9064 vs 3358
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5962 vs 3714
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 9064 vs 3358
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 238 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 41.654 vs 37.407
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5962 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 9064 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5962 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 9064 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla C2050

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7986
3176
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
590
362
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
23233
11024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
57.735
26.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1269.688
901.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.505
2.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
37.407
41.654
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
174.323
89.869
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
5962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
5962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
9064
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 NVIDIA Tesla C2050
PassMark - G3D Mark 7986 3176
PassMark - G2D Mark 590 362
Geekbench - OpenCL 23233 11024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 57.735 26.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1269.688 901.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.505 2.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.407 41.654
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.323 89.869
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 5962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 5962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 9064
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2777

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK110 GF100
Launch date 23 May 2013 25 July 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Place in performance rating 451 578
Price now $740.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 12.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 900 MHz
Core clock speed 863 MHz 575 MHz
CUDA cores 2304
Floating-point performance 4,156 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 95 °C
Pipelines 2304 448
Texture fill rate 160.5 billion / sec 32.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 238 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 248 mm
Minimum recommended system power 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors One 8-pin and one 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.3 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.4 GB / s 144.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 3000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA