Matrox G450 LP vs Tesla D870
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | G400 (1999−2002) |
| GPU code name | G80 | Condor |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 May 2007 (18 years ago) | no data |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $7,499 | no data |
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 cores | 128 ×2 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 125 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | 10 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 520 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 38.40 ×2 | 0.25 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3456 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 24 ×2 | 2 |
| TMUs | 32 ×2 | 2 |
| L2 Cache | 96 KB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB ×2 | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit ×2 | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 332 MBps |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s ×2 | 2.656 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | None |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | None |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 180 nm |
Tesla D870 has a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Tesla D870 and Matrox G450 LP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla D870 is a workstation graphics card while Matrox G450 LP is a desktop one.
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