Tesla S1070 vs GeForce 6800 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1385not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameNV42GT200B
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date30 September 2005 (20 years ago)1 June 2008 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,999

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 coresno data240 ×4
Core clock speed450 MHz610 MHz
Number of transistors202 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data800 Watt
Texture fill rate5.40048.80 ×4
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6221 TFLOPS ×4
ROPs832 ×4
TMUs1280 ×4
L2 Cacheno data256 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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 2.0 x16
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB ×4
Memory bus width256 Bit512 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed600 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s102.4 GB/s ×4

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model3.04.0
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)3.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2005 1 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 55 nm

Tesla S1070 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 XT and Tesla S1070. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6800 XT is a desktop graphics card while Tesla S1070 is a workstation one.

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