FirePro S7150 vs Tesla C2050

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla C2050 and FirePro S7150, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Tesla C2050
2011
3 GB GDDR5, 238 Watt
8.24

S7150 outperforms Tesla C2050 by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking508459
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.59
Power efficiency2.374.47
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGF100Tonga
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)1 February 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,399

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 cores4482048
Core clock speed574 MHz920 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)238 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate32.14117.8
Floating-point processing power1.028 TFLOPS3.768 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs56128

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 3.0 x16
Length248 mm241 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-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 amount3 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.0 GB/s160.0 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 DVINo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.0-

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.

Tesla C2050 8.24
FirePro S7150 9.79
+18.8%

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.

Tesla C2050 3175
FirePro S7150 3770
+18.7%

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 8.24 9.79
Recency 25 July 2011 1 February 2016
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 238 Watt 150 Watt

FirePro S7150 has a 18.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 58.7% lower power consumption.

The FirePro S7150 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla C2050 in performance tests.


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NVIDIA Tesla C2050
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AMD FirePro S7150
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