Tesla S2050 vs GeForce GT 520 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF119GF100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date20 August 2012 (12 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$11,999

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 cores96448
Core clock speed589 MHz574 MHz
Number of transistors292 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt900 Watt
Texture fill rate9.42432.14
Floating-point processing power0.2692 TFLOPS1.028 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs1656

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB3 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz773 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s148.4 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGANo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.12.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 August 2012 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 900 Watt

GT 520 OEM has an age advantage of 1 year, and 3003.4% lower power consumption.

Tesla S2050, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520 OEM and Tesla S2050. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 520 OEM is a desktop card while Tesla S2050 is a workstation one.


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