Tesla M10 vs Quadro Plex 2100 S4

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated509
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.51
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameG80GM107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2008 (16 years ago)18 May 2016 (8 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 cores128640
Core clock speed600 MHz1033 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1306 MHz
Number of transistors681 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)640 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate38.4052.24
Floating-point processing power0.3456 TFLOPS1.672 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs3240

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 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length522 mm267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s83.2 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.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA+5.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2008 18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 640 Watt 225 Watt

Tesla M10 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 184.4% lower power consumption.

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