GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB vs Tesla K40c

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking410not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.26no data
Power efficiency3.28no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGK180GP102
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores28803200
Core clock speed745 MHz1557 MHz
Boost clock speed876 MHz1670 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million11,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)245 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate210.2334.0
Floating-point processing power5.046 TFLOPS10.69 TFLOPS
ROPs4880
TMUs240200

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s528.4 GB/s

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 outputs1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1031.3
CUDA3.56.1

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 245 Watt 250 Watt

Tesla K40c has 2% lower power consumption.

GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB, on the other hand, has a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K40c and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K40c is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Tesla K40c
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