Tesla S1070 vs GeForce 310 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGT218GT200B
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date27 November 2009 (15 years ago)1 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,999

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 cores16240
Core clock speed589 MHz610 MHz
Number of transistors260 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt800 Watt
Texture fill rate4.71248.80
Floating-point processing power0.04486 TFLOPS0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs880

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
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed333 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.328 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGANo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.21.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 November 2009 1 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 800 Watt

310 OEM has an age advantage of 1 year, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 2480.6% lower power consumption.

Tesla S1070, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 310 OEM and Tesla S1070. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 310 OEM is a desktop card while Tesla S1070 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
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