Tesla C2050 vs FirePro S7000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro S7000 and Tesla C2050, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro S7000
2012
4 GB GDDR5, 350 Watt
11.74
+42.5%

S7000 outperforms Tesla C2050 by a considerable 42% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking408508
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.64no data
Power efficiency5.372.37
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code namePitcairnGF100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 August 2012 (12 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1280448
Core clock speed950 MHz574 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt238 Watt
Texture fill rate76.0032.14
Floating-point processing power2.432 TFLOPS1.028 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs8056

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length292 mm248 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz750 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s144.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DisplayPort1x DVI
DisplayPort count1no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro S7000 11.74
+42.5%
Tesla C2050 8.24

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro S7000 4523
+42.5%
Tesla C2050 3175

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.74 8.24
Recency 27 August 2012 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 238 Watt

FirePro S7000 has a 42.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Tesla C2050, on the other hand, has 47.1% lower power consumption.

The FirePro S7000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla C2050 in performance tests.


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