ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum vs Tesla K10
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1466 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.22 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | R400 (2004−2008) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | R480 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 May 2012 (13 years ago) | 21 December 2004 (21 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $5,099 | no data |
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 | 1536 ×2 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 745 MHz | 540 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 160 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 67 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 95.36 ×2 | 8.640 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.289 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 32 ×2 | 16 |
| TMUs | 128 ×2 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 272 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB ×2 | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit ×2 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 590 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s ×2 | 37.76 GB/s |
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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 9.0b (9_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 May 2012 | 21 December 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 67 Watt |
Tesla K10 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364% more advanced lithography process.
ATI X850 XT Platinum, on the other hand, has 236% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Tesla K10 and Radeon X850 XT Platinum. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla K10 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon X850 XT Platinum is a desktop one.
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