Tesla C870 vs GeForce GT 320M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1345not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.35no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG96CG80
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)2 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,499

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 cores32128
Core clock speed500 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors314 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt171 Watt
Texture fill rate8.00038.40
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPS0.3456 TFLOPS
ROPs824
TMUs1632

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).

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1536 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s76.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 3D 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 15 June 2009 2 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 171 Watt

GT 320M has an age advantage of 2 years, a 63.6% more advanced lithography process, and 1121.4% lower power consumption.

Tesla C870, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

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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