Tesla C870 vs GeForce GT 320M

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGT2xx (2009−2012)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG96CG80
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date21 January 2010 (14 years ago)2 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,499
Current price$310 $170 (0.1x MSRP)

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 cores24128
Core clock speed500 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors314 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt171 Watt
Texture fill rate8.00038.40
Floating-point performance80 gflops345.6 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 320M and Tesla C870 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s76.8 GB/s
Shared memory-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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 January 2010 2 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 171 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 320M and Tesla C870. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 320M is a notebook card while Tesla C870 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
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