NVIDIA Tesla C2050 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C2050 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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 Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 1,030.4 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
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 2x 512 MB
Around 81% higher memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3176 vs 822

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 4 April 2008
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176 vs 822

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 669 MHz vs 575 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 32.2 GTexel / s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 2x 320 vs 448
Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 238 Watt
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 362

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	669 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 32.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 320 vs 448
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 238 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 362

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C2050
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3176

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

362

422

Name	NVIDIA Tesla C2050	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	362	422
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 Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	RV670
Launch date	25 July 2011	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	576	344
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	448	2x 320
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	238 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3