Tesla C1060 vs Radeon HD 5770

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking623not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.67no data
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameJuniperGT200B
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date13 October 2009 (14 years ago)9 April 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 no data
Current price$103 (0.6x MSRP)$165

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores800240
Core clock speed850 MHz610 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt188 Watt
Texture fill rate34.0048.80
Floating-point performance1,360.0 gflops622.1 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length208 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s102.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 October 2009 9 April 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 188 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5770 and Tesla C1060. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5770 is a desktop card while Tesla C1060 is a workstation one.


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