Knights Corner vs FirePro S10000 Passive

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Knights (2010)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Knights Corner
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	12 November 2012 (11 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,599	no data
Current price	$699 (0.2x MSRP)	$1000

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3584	976
Core clock speed	825 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,313 million	5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	750 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	106.4	no data
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops	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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	305 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	no data

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	no data
Memory bus width	384 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	480 GB/s	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	N/A
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

28 nm

22 nm

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