NVIDIA Tesla M2050 vs AMD FirePro V5900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2050 and AMD FirePro V5900 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 M2050

AMD FirePro V5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2050

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 68% higher texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Around 68% better floating-point performance: 1,030.4 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 3092 MHz vs 2000 MHz
12.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36584 vs 2880
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 23.848 vs 8.167
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 966.795 vs 409.102
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.15 vs 0.772
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 44.227 vs 20.064
Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 95.318 vs 66.259

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 24 May 2011
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	3092 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	36584 vs 2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	23.848 vs 8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	966.795 vs 409.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.15 vs 0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.227 vs 20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	95.318 vs 66.259

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V5900

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 14% higher pipelines: 512 vs 448
3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 575 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 448
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2050
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V5900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

36584

2880

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

23.848

8.167

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

966.795

409.102

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.15

0.772

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

44.227

20.064

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

95.318

66.259

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2050	AMD FirePro V5900
Geekbench - OpenCL	36584	2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	23.848	8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	966.795	409.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.15	0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.227	20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	95.318	66.259
PassMark - G3D Mark		1263
PassMark - G2D Mark		354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5078

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2050	AMD FirePro V5900
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 3
Code name	GF100	Cayman
Launch date	25 July 2011	24 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,699
Place in performance rating	1100	1101
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops	614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	448	512
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	2,640 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	230 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	148.4 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3092 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5