PG506-242 vs Playstation 3 GPU 40nm

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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
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRSX-40nmGA100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date4 October 2012 (12 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 coresno data3584
Core clock speed550 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1440 MHz
Number of transistors302 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate13.20322.6
Floating-point processing powerno data10.32 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs24224
Tensor Coresno data224

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit3072 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s933.1 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.

DirectXN/AN/A
Shader Modelno dataN/A
OpenGLES 1.1N/A
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2012 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 165 Watt

Playstation 3 GPU 40nm has 371.4% lower power consumption.

PG506-242, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Playstation 3 GPU 40nm and PG506-242. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Playstation 3 GPU 40nm is a notebook card while PG506-242 is a workstation one.


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