Tesla C1060 vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking219not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.27no data
Power efficiency7.24no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGK110BGT200B
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date7 November 2013 (10 years ago)9 April 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 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 cores2880240
CUDA cores2880no data
Core clock speed875 MHz610 MHz
Boost clock speed928 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt188 Watt
Texture fill rate222.748.80
Floating-point processing power5.345 TFLOPS0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs24080

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 Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s800 MHz
Memory bandwidth336 GB/s102.4 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 November 2013 9 April 2009
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 188 Watt

GTX 780 Ti has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

Tesla C1060, on the other hand, has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 33% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780 Ti and Tesla C1060. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780 Ti is a desktop card while Tesla C1060 is a workstation one.


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