Tesla S1070 vs GeForce 720M

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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
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGF117GT200B
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 April 2013 (11 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 cores96240
Core clock speed625 MHz610 MHz
Number of transistors585 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt800 Watt
Texture fill rate10.0048.80
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPS0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs1680

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
Widthno data2-slot

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.11.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2013 1 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 800 Watt

GeForce 720M has an age advantage of 4 years, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 2324.2% lower power consumption.

Tesla S1070, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 720M and Tesla S1070. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 720M is a notebook card while Tesla S1070 is a workstation one.


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