NVIDIA Tesla C2070 vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C2070 and ATI Radeon HD 5850 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2070

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2840 vs 1979
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 471 vs 402
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 26.223 vs 16.467
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.015 vs 1.541
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 43.519 vs 42.08
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 July 2011 vs 30 September 2009
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2840 vs 1979
PassMark - G2D Mark 471 vs 402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.223 vs 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.015 vs 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 43.519 vs 42.08

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 62% higher texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 1440 vs 448
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 2,088.0 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
  • Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 238 Watt
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3000 MHz
  • 3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33977 vs 9716
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1109.612 vs 908.754
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3806 vs 3245
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3806 vs 3245
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate 52.2 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1440 vs 448
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt vs 238 Watt
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 3000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 33977 vs 9716
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1109.612 vs 908.754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3806 vs 3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3806 vs 3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C2070
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2840
1979
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
471
402
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9716
33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.223
16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
908.754
1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.015
1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.519
42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3245
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3245
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3358
Name NVIDIA Tesla C2070 ATI Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 2840 1979
PassMark - G2D Mark 471 402
Geekbench - OpenCL 9716 33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.223 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 908.754 1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.015 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 43.519 42.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 93.344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3245 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3245 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla C2070 ATI Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF100 Cypress
Launch date 25 July 2011 30 September 2009
Place in performance rating 756 757
Type Workstation Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Core clock speed 575 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,030.4 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 448 1440
Texture fill rate 32.2 GTexel / s 52.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 238 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 3,100 million 2,154 million
Boost clock speed 725 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 248 mm 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 144.0 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity