GeForce 256 SDR vs FirePro S10000 Passive 12GB
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | NV10 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 March 2014 (11 years ago) | 11 October 1999 (26 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,599 | $249 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1792 ×2 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 120 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 950 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 17 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 220 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 375 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 106.4 ×2 | 0.48 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.405 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 32 ×2 | 4 |
| TMUs | 112 ×2 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 448 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 305 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | None |
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 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB ×2 | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit ×2 | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 143 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 240.0 GB/s ×2 | 1.144 GB/s |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort | 1x VGA |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 7.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2014 | 11 October 1999 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 220 nm |
S10000 Passive 12GB has an age advantage of 14 years, a 19100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro S10000 Passive 12GB and GeForce 256 SDR. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro S10000 Passive 12GB is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 256 SDR is a desktop one.
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