ATI Radeon X800 XT vs Tesla M2090

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking459not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.63no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameGF110R423
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)1 December 2004 (19 years 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 cores512no data
Core clock speed651 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt54 Watt
Texture fill rate41.668.000
Floating-point processing power1.332 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4816
TMUs6416

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 1.0 x16
Length248 mmno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB256 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed924 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth177.4 GB/s32 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2011 1 December 2004
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 54 Watt

Tesla M2090 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

ATI X800 XT, on the other hand, has 363% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M2090 and Radeon X800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla M2090 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon X800 XT is a desktop one.


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