Quadro 500M vs Tesla C2050

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 500M and Tesla C2050. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro 500M and Tesla C2050. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
Quadro 500M
Tesla C2050

Main Specs

  Quadro 500M Tesla C2050
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 238 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI
 
  • Tesla C2050 has 580% more power consumption, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Tesla C2050 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla C2050 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 500M.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 500M and Tesla C2050 are build with Fermi architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro 500M is 126 MHz higher, than Tesla C2050.
  • Quadro 500M and Tesla C2050 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla C2050 is 1200 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 18−20
ultra / 1080p 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 1−2 35−40
medium / 1080p 0−1 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla C2050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3600% more, than Quadro 500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 500M Tesla C2050
Architecture Fermi Fermi
Code name GF108 GF100
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 22 February 2011 25 July 2011
Pipelines 96 448
Core clock speed 700 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 11.20 32.14
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 144.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 90 Mh/s