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.

NVIDIA Tesla M2090

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

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 4923
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 4923
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

4923

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	4923
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		1317
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