Radeon HD 6870 vs Tesla C2050

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6870 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 Radeon HD 6870 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.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6870 Tesla C2050
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2050 has 57% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla C2050 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla C2050 - with Fermi.
  • Radeon HD 6870 and Tesla C2050 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Tesla C2050 is 28 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla C2050 is 1950 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 18−20
ultra / 1080p 6−7 10−11
QHD / 1440p 1−2 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 24−27 35−40
medium / 1080p 12−14 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla C2050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 63% more, than Radeon HD 6870.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6870 Tesla C2050
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi
Code name RV940 Barts GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 22 October 2010 25 July 2011
Pipelines 1120 448
Core clock speed 574 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 50.40 32.14
Floating-point performance 2,016.0 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 220 mm 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz 3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB/s 144.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 213 Mh/s 90 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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