Tesla M2090 vs Radeon R9 280

Place in the ranking	364	463
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.39	no data
Power efficiency	5.02	2.65
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Tahiti	GF110
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	4 March 2014 (10 years ago)	25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	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 cores	1792	512
Core clock speed	no data	651 MHz
Boost clock speed	933 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,313 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	104.5	41.66
Floating-point processing power	3.344 TFLOPS	1.332 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	112	64

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 support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm	248 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	924 MHz
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	177.4 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
UVD	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	-	2.0

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	14.40	9.51
Recency	4 March 2014	25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	250 Watt

R9 280 has a 51.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

Tesla M2090, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Radeon R9 280 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M2090 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 280 is a desktop card while Tesla M2090 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.