NVIDIA Tesla C2090 vs NVIDIA Tesla M2050

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C2090 and NVIDIA Tesla M2050 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: 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).

NVIDIA Tesla C2090

NVIDIA Tesla M2050

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C2090

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 36.4 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
Around 14% higher pipelines: 512 vs 448
Around 29% better floating-point performance: 1,331.2 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 3700 MHz vs 3092 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s vs 32.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 448
Floating-point performance	1,331.2 gflops vs 1,030.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	3700 MHz vs 3092 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2050

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C2090
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M2050

Name	NVIDIA Tesla C2090	NVIDIA Tesla M2050
Geekbench - OpenCL		36584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		23.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		966.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		44.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		95.318

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla C2090	NVIDIA Tesla M2050
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GF110	GF100
Launch date	25 July 2011	25 July 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	1129
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,699
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,331.2 gflops	1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	448
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s	32.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	177.6 GB / s	148.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	3700 MHz	3092 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5