CMP 170HX vs Tesla M1060

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)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGT200BGA100
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 June 2008 (16 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,699 $4,299

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 cores2404480
Core clock speed610 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)188 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate48.80394.8
Floating-point performance0.6221 gflops12.63 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 4.0 x4
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin2x 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 typeGDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz2.9 GB/s
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s1,493 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)N/A
Shader Model4.0N/A
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.38.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2008 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 188 Watt 250 Watt

Tesla M1060 has 33% lower power consumption.

CMP 170HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M1060 and CMP 170HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla M1060 is a workstation graphics card while CMP 170HX is a desktop one.


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