TITAN RTX vs Tesla C2090
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 63 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 2.10 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 12.18 |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GF110 | TU102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 July 2011 (13 years ago) | 18 December 2018 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,499 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 512 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 651 MHz | 1350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1770 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 18,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 280 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 41.66 | 509.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.332 TFLOPS | 16.31 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 96 |
| TMUs | 64 | 288 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 576 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 72 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 248 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 924 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 177.4 GB/s | 672.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 2.0 | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 July 2011 | 18 December 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 280 Watt |
Tesla C2090 has 12% lower power consumption.
TITAN RTX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Tesla C2090 and TITAN RTX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla C2090 is a workstation graphics card while TITAN RTX is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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