Radeon R9 270X vs Tesla C2050

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R9 270X 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 Radeon R9 270X stacks up against Tesla C2050, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon R9 270X Tesla C2050
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2050 has 32% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 270X.
  • Radeon R9 270X is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Tesla C2050 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla C2050 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 270X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon R9 270X is build with GCN architecture, and Tesla C2050 - with Fermi.
  • Radeon R9 270X is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Tesla C2050 - by 40 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 24−27 18−20
ultra / 1080p 14−16 10−11
QHD / 1440p 10−11 4−5
4K / 2160p 6−7 4−5
low / 720p 45−50 35−40
medium / 1080p 30−35 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than Tesla C2050.

Full Specs

  Radeon R9 270X Tesla C2050
Architecture GCN Fermi
Code name Curacao XT GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 8 October 2013 25 July 2011
Pipelines 1280 448
Core clock speed 574 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 84.00 32.14
Floating-point performance 2,688 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s 144.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan + N/A
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
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HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
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AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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