Tesla C2090 vs Radeon HD 8400

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1168not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.97no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameKalindiGF110
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date23 November 2013 (10 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 cores128512
Core clock speed400 MHz651 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate3.20041.66
Floating-point processing power0.1024 TFLOPS1.332 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs864

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data248 mm
WidthIGP2-slot

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared6 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared924 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data177.4 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 November 2013 25 July 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 250 Watt

HD 8400 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8400 and Tesla C2090. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8400 is a desktop card while Tesla C2090 is a workstation one.


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