NVIDIA Tesla M2090 vs AMD FirePro V5900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2090 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 M2090

AMD FirePro V5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2090

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 36.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
2.2x better floating-point performance: 1,331.2 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 85% higher memory clock speed: 3700 MHz vs 2000 MHz
4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13075 vs 2880
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 33.87 vs 8.167
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1127.187 vs 409.102
5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.833 vs 0.772
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.33 vs 20.064
Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 119.136 vs 66.259

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 24 May 2011
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,331.2 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	3700 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	13075 vs 2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.87 vs 8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1127.187 vs 409.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.833 vs 0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.33 vs 20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	119.136 vs 66.259

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V5900

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2090
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V5900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

13075

2880

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

33.87

8.167

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1127.187

409.102

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.833

0.772

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

57.33

20.064

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

119.136

66.259

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2090	AMD FirePro V5900
Geekbench - OpenCL	13075	2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.87	8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1127.187	409.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.833	0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.33	20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	119.136	66.259
PassMark - G3D Mark		1238
PassMark - G2D Mark		351
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 M2090	AMD FirePro V5900
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 3
Code name	GF110	Cayman
Launch date	25 July 2011	24 May 2011
Place in performance rating	1090	1091
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,331.2 gflops	614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	512
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 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	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	177.6 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3700 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5