Tesla K80 vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book with Tesla K80, including specs and performance data.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.17

Tesla K80 outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book by a whopping 313% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking723361
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.47
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameSurface BookGK210
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)17 November 2014 (10 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 cores3842496 ×2
Core clock speed954 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHz824 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data300 Watt
Texture fill rateno data171.4 ×2
Floating-point processing powerno data4.113 TFLOPS ×2
ROPsno data48 ×2
TMUsno data208 ×2

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB12 GB ×2
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed5012 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data240.6 GB/s ×2
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 dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA+3.7

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 HD22
−309%
90−95
+309%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−275%
45−50
+275%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−275%
45−50
+275%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Fortnite 18−20
−295%
75−80
+295%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−306%
65−70
+306%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−300%
60−65
+300%
Valorant 50−55
−300%
200−210
+300%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−275%
45−50
+275%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 60−65
−313%
260−270
+313%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Dota 2 30−35
−306%
130−140
+306%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Fortnite 18−20
−295%
75−80
+295%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−306%
65−70
+306%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−11
−300%
40−45
+300%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−300%
60−65
+300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−300%
40−45
+300%
Valorant 50−55
−300%
200−210
+300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Dota 2 30−35
−306%
130−140
+306%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−306%
65−70
+306%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−300%
60−65
+300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−300%
40−45
+300%
Valorant 50−55
−300%
200−210
+300%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18−20
−295%
75−80
+295%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24−27
−285%
100−105
+285%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
−293%
110−120
+293%
Valorant 35−40
−300%
140−150
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−306%
65−70
+306%
Valorant 16−18
−312%
70−75
+312%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Dota 2 10−12
−309%
45−50
+309%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Tesla K80 compete in popular games:

  • Tesla K80 is 309% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.17 13.09
Recency 1 October 2015 17 November 2014
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 12 GB

Maxwell GPU Surface Book has an age advantage of 10 months.

Tesla K80, on the other hand, has a 312.9% higher aggregate performance score, and a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Tesla K80 is our recommended choice as it beats the Maxwell GPU Surface Book in performance tests.

Be aware that Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a notebook card while Tesla K80 is a workstation one.

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