G96C vs Knights Corner

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	Knights (2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Knights Corner	G96C
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	no data	no data
Current price	$1000	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	976	32
Number of transistors	5,000 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	55 nm

Supported technologies

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

PureVideo HD

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VP3

API compatibility

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

DirectX	N/A	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	N/A	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	no data	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

22 nm

55 nm

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