RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Tesla C2050

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla C2050 with RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Tesla C2050
2011
3 GB GDDR5, 238 Watt
8.26

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms Tesla C2050 by a whopping 518% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking51055
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.3930.63
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF100no data
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year 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 cores4485120
Core clock speed574 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)238 Watt115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate32.14no data
Floating-point processing power1.028 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs56no data

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length248 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.0 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x DVIno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
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 8.26
RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile 51.05
+518%

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
RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile 19629
+518%

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 8.26 51.05
Recency 25 July 2011 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 238 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile has a 518% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 107% lower power consumption.

The RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla C2050 in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla C2050 is a workstation card while RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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