Data Center GPU Flex 170 vs ATI FirePro V7800P
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 | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | Cypress | DG2-512 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 16 May 2011 (14 years ago) | 24 August 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,249 | no data |
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 | 1440 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 1950 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2050 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | 21,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 138 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 50.40 | 524.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.016 TFLOPS | 16.79 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 128 |
| TMUs | 72 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 144 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 16 MB |
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 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | 512.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0 |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 May 2011 | 24 August 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 138 Watt | 150 Watt |
ATI V7800P has 9% lower power consumption.
Data Center GPU Flex 170, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 567% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro V7800P and Data Center GPU Flex 170. We've got no test results to judge.
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