NVIDIA Tesla C1060 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C1060 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C1060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 88% higher core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 325 MHz
  • 37.5x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 650 MHz
Launch date 9 April 2009 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed 610 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate 48.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 650 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C1060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Name NVIDIA Tesla C1060 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
Geekbench - OpenCL 18689
PassMark - G3D Mark 12
PassMark - G2D Mark 138

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla C1060 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Rankine
Code name GT200B NV34 A2
Launch date 9 April 2009 6 March 2003
Place in performance rating 1173 1176
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $149

Technical info

Core clock speed 610 MHz 325 MHz
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 150 nm
Pipelines 240
Texture fill rate 48.8 GTexel / s 1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 188 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million 45 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 AGP 8x
Length 267 mm 171 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0a
OpenGL 3.3 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB / s 10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 650 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR