Tesla V100 PCIe 32 GB vs GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

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)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameNV40GV100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date14 April 2004 (20 years ago)27 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

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 data5120
Core clock speed400 MHz1230 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1380 MHz
Number of transistors222 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate6.400441.6
Floating-point processing powerno data14.13 TFLOPS
ROPs16128
TMUs16320
Tensor Coresno data640

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).

InterfaceAGP Pro 8xPCIe 3.0 x16
Length305 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeGDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB32 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed550 MHz876 MHz
Memory bandwidth35.2 GB/s897.0 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 Connectors2x DVINo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-7.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 April 2004 27 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 32 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 250 Watt

6800 Ultra DDL has 150% lower power consumption.

Tesla V100 PCIe 32 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL and Tesla V100 PCIe 32 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL is a desktop card while Tesla V100 PCIe 32 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL
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