NVIDIA Tesla C2050 vs ATI FirePro V8700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C2050 and ATI FirePro V8700 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 FirePro V8700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3176 vs 1539
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 9064 vs 8543
59.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 9064 vs 152.6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 11 September 2008
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176 vs 1539
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	9064 vs 8543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	9064 vs 152.6

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 79% higher pipelines: 800 vs 448
Around 16% better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 238 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 3000 MHz
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 527 vs 362

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 575 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 448
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt vs 238 Watt
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 3000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	527 vs 362

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C2050
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3176

1539

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

362

527

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9064

8543

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9064

152.6

Name	NVIDIA Tesla C2050	ATI FirePro V8700
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176	1539
PassMark - G2D Mark	362	527
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	8543
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	9064	152.6

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla C2050	ATI FirePro V8700
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	RV770
Launch date	25 July 2011	11 September 2008
Place in performance rating	576	430
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,499
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	448	800
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	238 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB / s	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	3400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5