Data Center GPU Flex 170 vs GeForce GTX 465

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking552not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.15no data
Power efficiency2.38no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGF100DG2-512
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date31 May 2010 (14 years ago)24 August 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3524096
Core clock speed607 MHz1950 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2050 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate26.75524.8
Floating-point processing power0.8554 TFLOPS16.79 TFLOPS
Compute performance30xno data
ROPs32128
TMUs44256
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 8-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1603 MHz (3206 data rate)2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.6 GB/s512.0 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 May 2010 24 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 150 Watt

Data Center GPU Flex 170 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 465 and Data Center GPU Flex 170. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 465 is a desktop card while Data Center GPU Flex 170 is a workstation one.


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