NVIDIA Tesla C2070 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C2070 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 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 - 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).

NVIDIA Tesla C2070

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2070

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
96x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 64 MB
9x more memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 332 MHz
390.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3121 vs 8
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 462 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3121 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	462 vs 247

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

24.8x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C2070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

247

Name	NVIDIA Tesla C2070	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	3121	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	462	247
Geekbench - OpenCL	9716
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	908.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.015
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	93.344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla C2070	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rankine
Code name	GF100	NV34 A1
Launch date	25 July 2011	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	750	747
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	448
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	238 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR