NVIDIA Tesla C2050 vs ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C2050 and ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1 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 Tesla C2050

ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 500 MHz
16.1x more texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
288.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3176 vs 11
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 283

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176 vs 11
PassMark - G2D Mark	362 vs 283

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

11.9x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 238 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 238 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C2050
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3176

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

362

283

Name	NVIDIA Tesla C2050	ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176	11
PassMark - G2D Mark	362	283
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 Tesla C2050	ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rage 9
Code name	GF100	RV380
Launch date	25 July 2011	1 January 2008
Place in performance rating	591	593
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	448
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	238 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	1x VHDCI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Length	248 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3