AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs NVIDIA Tesla K8

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Combined performance score

Tesla K8
9.51

Radeon Pro WX 5100 outperforms Tesla K8 by 52% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking428330
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.843.58
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK104Ellesmere
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date16 September 2014 (9 years old)18 November 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499
Current price$249 $854 (1.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Tesla K8 has 7% better value for money than Pro WX 5100.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15361792
Core clock speed693 MHz713 MHz
Boost clock speed811 MHz1086 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate103.8121.6
Floating-point performance2,491 gflops3,892 gflops

Size and 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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

Memory

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 amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s160.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 outputs4x DisplayPort

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.0no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.51 14.42
Recency 16 September 2014 18 November 2016
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt

The Radeon Pro WX 5100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K8 in performance tests.


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