Tesla K10 vs Radeon Sky 500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking455not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.78no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code namePitcairnGK104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 March 2013 (12 years ago)1 May 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$5,099

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 cores12801536 ×2
Core clock speed950 MHz745 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate76.0095.36 ×2
Floating-point processing power2.432 TFLOPS2.289 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs3232 ×2
TMUs80128 ×2
L1 Cache320 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length242 mm272 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 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 amount4 GB4 GB ×2
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth154 GB/s160.0 GB/s ×2

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 Connectors1x DisplayPortNo outputs
DisplayPort count1no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 March 2013 1 May 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 225 Watt

Sky 500 has an age advantage of 10 months, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Sky 500 and Tesla K10. We've got no test results to judge.

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