NVIDIA® CUDA parallel computing architecture is enabled on GeForce, Quadro, and Tesla products. Whereas GeForce and Quadro are designed for consumer graphics and professional visualization respectively, the NVIDIA® Tesla™ product family is designed ground-up for parallel computing and offers exclusive computing features.
THE TESLA ADVANTAGE #1: PERFORMANCE
The NVIDIA® Tesla products are designed with exclusive features to maximize performance for computing professionals.
Performance of N-body on x86 CPUs and different GPUs
THE TESLA ADVANTAGE #2: RELIABILITY Computational professionals depend on mission critical applications to run reliably without data error. All Tesla products undergo zero error tolerance testing in the most strenuous conditions for hundreds of times longer than any other NVIDIA products. Tesla exclusive features include:
THE TESLA ADVANTAGE #3: HPC SOLUTIONS HPC customers have unique requirements. Only Tesla business unit provides products and solutions to meet these special needs.
Most benefits listed above are also available on Quadro product family
