Playstation 3 RSX 40nm vs GeForce GTS 150 OEM

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	Tesla (2006−2010)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	G92	RSX-CXD5302
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	10 March 2009 (15 years ago)	4 October 2012 (11 years ago)
Current price	$200	no data

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	128	no data
Core clock speed	738 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	302 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	141 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	47.23	13.20
Floating-point performance	470.0 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	22.4 GB/s

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	N/A
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	ES 1.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 March 2009	4 October 2012
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	141 Watt	35 Watt

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