Tesla T4 vs GeForce GTX 780M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 780M with Tesla T4, including specs and performance data.

GTX 780M
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 122 Watt
9.94

Tesla T4 outperforms GTX 780M by a whopping 180% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking449196
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.6427.54
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK104TU104
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date11 May 2013 (11 years ago)13 September 2018 (6 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 cores15362560
Core clock speed823 MHz585 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHz1590 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate102.0254.4
Floating-point processing power2.448 TFLOPS8.141 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs128160
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s320.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GTX 780M 9.94
Tesla T4 27.84
+180%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GTX 780M 3835
Tesla T4 10744
+180%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

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 OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 780M 12834
Tesla T4 61276
+377%

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.

GTX 780M 9535
Tesla T4 70627
+641%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD63
−170%
170−180
+170%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−171%
65−70
+171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−174%
85−90
+174%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−175%
55−60
+175%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−161%
60−65
+161%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−168%
75−80
+168%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−173%
180−190
+173%
Hitman 3 18−20
−163%
50−55
+163%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−173%
150−160
+173%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−166%
85−90
+166%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−168%
75−80
+168%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−173%
90−95
+173%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−170%
170−180
+170%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−171%
65−70
+171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−174%
85−90
+174%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−175%
55−60
+175%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−161%
60−65
+161%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−168%
75−80
+168%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−173%
180−190
+173%
Hitman 3 18−20
−163%
50−55
+163%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−173%
150−160
+173%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−166%
85−90
+166%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−168%
75−80
+168%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−173%
90−95
+173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−178%
75−80
+178%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−170%
170−180
+170%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−171%
65−70
+171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−175%
55−60
+175%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−161%
60−65
+161%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−173%
180−190
+173%
Hitman 3 18−20
−163%
50−55
+163%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−173%
150−160
+173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−173%
90−95
+173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 17
−165%
45−50
+165%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−170%
170−180
+170%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−168%
75−80
+168%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−163%
50−55
+163%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−167%
16−18
+167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−173%
30−33
+173%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−173%
120−130
+173%
Hitman 3 12−14
−169%
35−40
+169%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−162%
55−60
+162%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−169%
35−40
+169%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−167%
24−27
+167%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−170%
170−180
+170%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−165%
45−50
+165%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−167%
24−27
+167%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Hitman 3 6−7
−167%
16−18
+167%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−179%
120−130
+179%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−163%
21−24
+163%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−167%
16−18
+167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−150%
30−33
+150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−167%
24−27
+167%

This is how GTX 780M and Tesla T4 compete in popular games:

  • Tesla T4 is 170% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.94 27.84
Recency 11 May 2013 13 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 70 Watt

Tesla T4 has a 180.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 74.3% lower power consumption.

The Tesla T4 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 780M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780M is a notebook card while Tesla T4 is a workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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