NVIDIA Tesla C2050 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C2050 and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 400 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
13x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3176 vs 244
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 273

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 11 August 2005
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176 vs 244
PassMark - G2D Mark	362 vs 273

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

3.7x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 238 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 238 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C2050
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3176

244

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

362

273

Name	NVIDIA Tesla C2050	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176	244
PassMark - G2D Mark	362	273
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	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF100	G70
Launch date	25 July 2011	11 August 2005
Place in performance rating	593	596
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$80
Value for money (0-100)		3.16
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	448
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	238 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	248 mm	226 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3