GRID K2 vs Tesla M2090

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla M2090 and GRID K2, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Tesla M2090
2011
6 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
9.49
+33.9%

Tesla M2090 outperforms GRID K2 by a substantial 34% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking459543
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.13
Power efficiency2.632.18
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGF110GK104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)11 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$5,199

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 cores5121536
Core clock speed651 MHz745 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate41.6695.36
Floating-point processing power1.332 TFLOPS2.289 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs64128

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 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed924 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth177.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2.175
CUDA2.03.0

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 9.49 7.09
Recency 25 July 2011 11 May 2013
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 225 Watt

Tesla M2090 has a 33.9% higher aggregate performance score, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GRID K2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 11.1% lower power consumption.

The Tesla M2090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID K2 in performance tests.


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