AMD FirePro W8100 vs NVIDIA Tesla K8

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Combined performance score

Tesla K8
9.52

FirePro W8100 outperforms Tesla K8 by 97% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking428274
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.856.50
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGK104Hawaii
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date16 September 2014 (9 years old)23 June 2014 (9 years old)
Current price$249 $590
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W8100 has 69% better value for money than Tesla K8.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15362560
Core clock speed693 MHz824 MHz
Boost clock speed811 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate103.8131.8
Floating-point performance2,491 gflops4,219 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm279 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 6-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s320 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
StereoOutput3Dno data1
DisplayPort countno data4
Dual-link DVI supportno data1
HD сomponent video outputno data1

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.0no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.52 18.78
Recency 16 September 2014 23 June 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 220 Watt

The FirePro W8100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K8 in performance tests.


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