FirePro W8000 vs Tesla C2050

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W8000 and Tesla C2050, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W8000 stacks up against Tesla C2050, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W8000 Tesla C2050
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2050 has 5% more power consumption, than FirePro W8000.
  • FirePro W8000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Tesla C2050 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W8000 has 1 GB more memory, than Tesla C2050.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W8000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Tesla C2050 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 326 MHz higher, than Tesla C2050.
  • FirePro W8000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Tesla C2050 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W8000 is 31 mm longer, than Tesla C2050.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 2500 MHz higher, than Tesla C2050.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 18−20
ultra / 1080p 10−11 10−11
QHD / 1440p 4−5 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 35−40
medium / 1080p 21−24 21−24
FirePro W8000 and Tesla C2050 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8000 Tesla C2050
Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Tahiti GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 14 June 2012 25 July 2011
Pipelines 1792 448
Core clock speed 900 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 32.14
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 279 mm 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 176 GB/s 144.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 391 Mh/s 90 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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