GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Tesla C870
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 8 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 87 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 46.77 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 19.64 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | G80 | AD103 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 May 2007 (18 years ago) | 8 January 2024 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,499 | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 128 | 10240 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 2295 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | 45,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 171 Watt | 320 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38.40 | 816.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3456 TFLOPS | 52.22 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 112 |
| TMUs | 32 | 320 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 320 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 80 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 10 MB |
| L2 Cache | 96 KB | 64 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 310 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 16-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 | GDDR3 | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1438 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 736.3 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 | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 May 2007 | 8 January 2024 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 171 Watt | 320 Watt |
Tesla C870 has 87.1% lower power consumption.
RTX 4080 SUPER, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, a 966.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Tesla C870 and GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla C870 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is a desktop one.
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