Tesla C870

TeslaTesla C SeriesData CenterServerGDDR32007NVIDIA

Key Metrics

Architecture
Tesla
Launch Date
2007-05-02
CUDA Cores
128
Memory
1.5 GB GDDR3
Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
TDP/TBP
171 W
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

Tesla C870 is a Tesla C Series accelerator from the Tesla generation. Its historical context is data-center deployment rather than gaming, so form factor, memory capacity, interconnect, virtualization features, and server compatibility are the details that make this entry useful.

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Sources

Sources reviewed: 2026-08-13

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Source Status

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Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. NVIDIA Tesla C870 GPU computing processor board specificationOfficial 1536 MB capacity, 384-bit GDDR3 interface, 170.9 W total board power, and two PCIe 6-pin power connectorsOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Derived datasets and spec dumps

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen data inventory used for bulk normalization and cross-checking Derived/spec-dump source. Treat as a reference dataset, not independent historical verification.Open source

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