NVIDIA Tesla C2050 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C2050 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla C2050

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
Around 17% better floating-point performance: 1,030.4 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
Around 69% higher memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1776 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3176 vs 720
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 9064 vs 3350
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 9064 vs 3350

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 1776 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176 vs 720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	9064 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	9064 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Around 79% higher pipelines: 800 vs 448
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 362

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	800 vs 448
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 362

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C2050
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3176

720

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

362

416

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9064

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9064

3350

Name	NVIDIA Tesla C2050	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176	720
PassMark - G2D Mark	362	416
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	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	9064	3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla C2050	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	M98
Launch date	25 July 2011	9 January 2009
Place in performance rating	593	594
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops	880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	448	800
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	238 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB / s	56.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	1776 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay