NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)

NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 18 year(s) 0 month(s) later
13.4x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 120 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 220 nm
256x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 32 MB
56x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 143 MHz

Launch date	2 November 2017 vs 11 October 1999
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 143 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 255.8 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 255.8 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR
PassMark - G3D Mark	14696
PassMark - G2D Mark	876
Geekbench - OpenCL	55424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	182.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1797.792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1035.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3638
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3638
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1471

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Celsius
Code name	GP104	NV10 A3
Launch date	2 November 2017	11 October 1999
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	250	not rated
Price now	$379.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	44.74
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	120 MHz
Floating-point performance	8,186 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	220 nm
Pipelines	2432
Texture fill rate	255.8 GTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x VGA
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	7.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	256.3 GB / s	1.144 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	143 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	SDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready