Tesla X2090 vs GeForce GTX 780M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking457not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.54no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK104GF110
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date11 May 2013 (11 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)

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 cores1536512
Core clock speed823 MHz651 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate102.041.66
Floating-point processing power2.448 TFLOPS1.332 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs12864

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Widthno dataMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options+-

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 GB6 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz924 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s177.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2013 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 225 Watt

GTX 780M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 84.4% lower power consumption.

Tesla X2090, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780M and Tesla X2090. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780M is a notebook card while Tesla X2090 is a workstation one.


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