NVIDIA Tesla M2090 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2090 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2090

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 36.4 GTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 192
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 1,331.2 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 3700 MHz vs 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13075 vs 4926
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 33.87 vs 14.758
  • 3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1127.187 vs 302.509
  • 4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.833 vs 0.965
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.33 vs 14.925
  • 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 119.136 vs 27.656
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 July 2011 vs 13 September 2010
Texture fill rate 36.4 GTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec
Pipelines 512 vs 192
Floating-point performance 1,331.2 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 3700 MHz vs 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 13075 vs 4926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.87 vs 14.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1127.187 vs 302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.833 vs 0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.33 vs 14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 119.136 vs 27.656

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 106 Watt vs 250 Watt
Core clock speed 1566 MHz vs 650 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 106 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
13075
4926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.87
14.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1127.187
302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.833
0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
57.33
14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
119.136
27.656
Name NVIDIA Tesla M2090 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Geekbench - OpenCL 13075 4926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.87 14.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1127.187 302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.833 0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.33 14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 119.136 27.656
PassMark - G3D Mark 1322
PassMark - G2D Mark 304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla M2090 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi
Code name GF110 GF106
Launch date 25 July 2011 13 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1143 1144
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Price now $64.99
Value for money (0-100) 26.46

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 1566 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,331.2 gflops 601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 192
Texture fill rate 36.4 GTexel / s 25.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 106 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 192
Maximum GPU temperature 100 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 248 mm 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 6-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 177.6 GB / s 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3700 MHz 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI