Tesla S870 vs GeForce GTX 470

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	584	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.25	no data
Power efficiency	2.74	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GF100	G80
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	26 March 2010 (16 years ago)	2 May 2007 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	$11,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	448	128 ×4
Core clock speed	607 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	681 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	800 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	34.05	38.40 ×4
Floating-point processing power	1.089 TFLOPS	0.3456 TFLOPS ×4
ROPs	40	24 ×4
TMUs	56	32 ×4
L1 Cache	896 KB	no data
L2 Cache	640 KB	96 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	1536 MB ×4
Memory bus width	320 Bit	384 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed	1674 MHz (3348 data rate)	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	133.9 GB/s	76.8 GB/s ×4
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	26 March 2010	2 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	1536 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	800 Watt