Tesla C870 vs Tesla C1060

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGT200BG80
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date9 April 2009 (15 years ago)2 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,499
Current price$165 $170 (0.1x MSRP)

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 cores240128
Core clock speed610 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)188 Watt171 Watt
Texture fill rate48.8038.40
Floating-point performance622.1 gflops345.6 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 1.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin2x 6-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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s76.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.3+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 April 2009 2 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 188 Watt 171 Watt

We couldn't decide between Tesla C1060 and Tesla C870. We've got no test results to judge.


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