NVIDIA Tesla C1060 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C1060 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C1060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 240 vs 96
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 240 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Launch date 9 April 2009 vs 1 November 2007
Core clock speed 610 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 48.8 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines 240 vs 96
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 188 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 188 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C1060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Name NVIDIA Tesla C1060 NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
Geekbench - OpenCL 18689
PassMark - G3D Mark 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2485

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla C1060 NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT200B G92
Launch date 9 April 2009 1 November 2007
Place in performance rating 1149 1150
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 610 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 240 96
Texture fill rate 48.8 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 188 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million 754 million
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-HE
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI