NVIDIA Tesla C2050 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C2050 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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 Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2050

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 375 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
22.4x more pipelines: 448 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
18.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3176 vs 171
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176 vs 171
PassMark - G2D Mark	362 vs 275

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

5.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 238 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 238 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C2050
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3176

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

362

275

Name	NVIDIA Tesla C2050	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3176	171
PassMark - G2D Mark	362	275
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 Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF100	G71
Launch date	25 July 2011	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	593	595
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	448	20
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	238 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0