Data Center GPU Flex 170 vs GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition

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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 (2010−2014)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGF100DG2-512
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release dateno data24 August 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores4484096
Core clock speed608 MHz1950 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2050 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate34.05524.8
Floating-point processing powerno data16.79 TFLOPS
ROPs40128
TMUs56256
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 x16
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB16 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed3.3 GB/s2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth133.9 GB/s512.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.0-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 150 Watt

Data Center GPU Flex 170 has a 1180% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 43.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition and Data Center GPU Flex 170. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition is a desktop card while Data Center GPU Flex 170 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition
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