Tesla C2050

FermiTesla C SeriesData CenterServerGDDR52011NVIDIA

Key Metrics

Architecture
Fermi
Launch Date
2011-07-25
CUDA Cores
448
Memory
3 GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
144 GB/s
TDP/TBP
238 W
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

Tesla C2050 is a Tesla C Series accelerator from the Fermi generation. Its historical context is data-center deployment rather than gaming, so form factor, memory capacity, interconnect, virtualization features, and server compatibility are the details that make this entry useful.

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Sources

Sources reviewed: 2026-08-13

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Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. NVIDIA Tesla C2050 / C2070 data sheetOfficial C2050/C2070 capacities, shared 384-bit memory interface, and C2050 238 W data-sheet TDPOpen source
  2. NVIDIA Tesla C2050 and C2070 computing processor board specificationOfficial board capacities, 384-bit interface, up-to-247 W board dissipation, and PCIe 6-pin plus 8-pin connectorsOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Derived datasets and spec dumps

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen data inventory used for bulk normalization and cross-checking Derived/spec-dump source. Treat as a reference dataset, not independent historical verification.Open source

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