Tesla K80m vs GeForce 6700 XL

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameNV43 A2GK210
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date14 November 2004 (19 years ago)17 November 2014 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data2x 2496
Core clock speed525 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speedno data824 MHz
Number of transistors146 million7,100 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data300 Watt
Texture fill rate4.2002x 182.2 billion/sec
ROPs42x 48
TMUs82x 208

Form factor & 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB2x 12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed550 MHz5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth17.6 GB/s2x 240.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGANo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12.0 (11_1)
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 November 2004 17 November 2014
Chip lithography 110 nm 28 nm

Tesla K80m has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6700 XL and Tesla K80m. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6700 XL is a desktop card while Tesla K80m is a workstation one.


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