NVIDIA started Tesla K80 sales 17 November 2014. This is a Kepler 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 12 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5.01 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 240.6 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 300 Watt.

Primary Details

Some basic facts about Tesla K80: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	326
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	12.53
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name	GK210
Market segment	Workstation
Release date	17 November 2014 (9 years ago)
Current price	$83	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

Tesla K80's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Tesla K80's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2496	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	562 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	824 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	7,100 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	171.4	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Form Factor & Compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Tesla K80 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	384 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	240.6 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Tesla K80. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API Compatibility

APIs supported by Tesla K80, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126
CUDA	3.7

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Tesla K80. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Tesla K80 15.12

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Tesla K80 5852

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Tesla K80 16063

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Tesla K80 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.