Tesla K8 vs RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile
Aggregate performance score
We've compared RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile with Tesla K8, including specs and performance data.
RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms K8 by a whopping 507% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 49 | 520 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 35.73 | 7.06 |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | AD103 | GK104 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 21 March 2023 (3 years ago) | 16 September 2014 (11 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 cores | 9728 | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | 1425 MHz | 693 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2115 MHz | 811 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 45,900 million | 3,540 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 643.0 | 103.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 41.15 TFLOPS | 2.491 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 112 | 32 |
| TMUs | 304 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 76 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 9.5 MB | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 MB | 512 KB |
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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-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 type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 576.0 GB/s | 160.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 3.0 |
| DLSS | + | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 55.68 | 9.17 |
| Recency | 21 March 2023 | 16 September 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 100 Watt |
RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile has a 507% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
Tesla K8, on the other hand, has 20% lower power consumption.
The RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K8 in performance tests.
Be aware that RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation graphics card while Tesla K8 is a workstation one.
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