Tesla V100 PCIe vs Tesla K8

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking430not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.03no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGK104GV100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date16 September 2014 (9 years ago)21 June 2017 (6 years ago)
Current price$249 $3739

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores15365120
Core clock speed693 MHz1246 MHz
Boost clock speed811 MHz1380 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate103.8441.6
Floating-point performance2,491 gflops14,131 gflops

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz1758 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s900.1 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12.0
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.126no data
CUDA3.07.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 September 2014 21 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 250 Watt

We couldn't decide between Tesla K8 and Tesla V100 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.


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