NVIDIA Tesla M2050 vs ATI FirePro V4800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2050 and ATI FirePro V4800 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

ATI FirePro V4800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2050

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.1x more texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Around 12% higher pipelines: 448 vs 400
Around 66% better floating-point performance: 1,030.4 gflops vs 620.0 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
21.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36584 vs 1672
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 23.848 vs 5.886
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 966.795 vs 321.782
6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.15 vs 0.529
3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 44.227 vs 14.184
Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 95.318 vs 56.777

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 26 April 2010
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 400
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops vs 620.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	36584 vs 1672
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	23.848 vs 5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	966.795 vs 321.782
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.15 vs 0.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.227 vs 14.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	95.318 vs 56.777

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V4800

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 575 MHz
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 3092 MHz

Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 575 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 3092 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2050
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V4800

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

36584

1672

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

23.848

5.886

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

966.795

321.782

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.15

0.529

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

44.227

14.184

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

95.318

56.777

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2050	ATI FirePro V4800
Geekbench - OpenCL	36584	1672
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	23.848	5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	966.795	321.782
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.15	0.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.227	14.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	95.318	56.777
PassMark - G3D Mark		1204
PassMark - G2D Mark		456
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1512
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1512
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3326

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2050	ATI FirePro V4800
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF100	Redwood
Launch date	25 July 2011	26 April 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,699	$189
Place in performance rating	1100	1102
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops	620.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	448	400
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	15.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	168 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	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	148.4 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3092 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5