T1000 vs Tesla K8

Place in the ranking	463	284
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.69	27.37
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GK104	TU117
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	16 September 2014 (10 years ago)	6 May 2021 (3 years ago)

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	896
Core clock speed	693 MHz	1065 MHz
Boost clock speed	811 MHz	1395 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	103.8	78.12
Floating-point processing power	2.491 TFLOPS	2.5 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	128	56

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	160.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	3.0	7.5

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

27−30

−115%

58
+115%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	45 +0%	45 +0%
Elden Ring	52 +0%	52 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	34 +0%	34 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	87 +0%	87 +0%
Metro Exodus	62 +0%	62 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	28 +0%	28 +0%
Dota 2	77 +0%	77 +0%
Elden Ring	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry 5	130 +0%	130 +0%
Fortnite	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	69 +0%	69 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	77 +0%	77 +0%
Metro Exodus	42 +0%	42 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Valorant	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
World of Tanks	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	24 +0%	24 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60 +0%	60 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Valorant	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Elden Ring	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
World of Tanks	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Valorant	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Dota 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Elden Ring	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Fortnite	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

This is how Tesla K8 and T1000 compete in popular games:

T1000 is 115% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 54 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.70	19.85
Recency	16 September 2014	6 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	50 Watt

Tesla K8 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

T1000, on the other hand, has a 104.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The T1000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K8 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.