NVIDIA Tesla K80: specs and benchmarks

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Tesla K80
NVIDIA Tesla K80
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 562 MHz
  • Max video memory 12 GB
  • Memory type GDDR5
  • Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
  • Maximum resolution
Year of release 2014
Performance 17.84

Summary

NVIDIA started Tesla K80 sales 17 November 2014. This is a Kepler 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 12 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5.01 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 240.6 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 300 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at

17.84%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about Tesla K80: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking243
Value for money12.53
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameGK210
Market segmentWorkstation
Release date17 November 2014 (8 years old)
Current price$92 of 158889 (A100 PCIe)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

Tesla K80's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Tesla K80's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2496of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed562 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed824 MHzof 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors7,100 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)300 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate171.4of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Tesla K80 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Tesla K80: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GBof 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width384 Bitof 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed5012 MHzof 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth240.6 GB/sof 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Tesla K80. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

APIs supported by Tesla K80, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.1
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL1.2
Vulkan1.1.126
CUDA3.7

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Tesla K80. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Tesla K80 17.84

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 24%

Tesla K80 7024

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Tesla K80 16063

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Tesla K80. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 216 Mh/s  

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Tesla K80 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Relative perfomance

Overall Tesla K80 performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Tesla K80 is FirePro W8100, which is faster by 4% and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.

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Recommended processors

These processors are most commonly used with Tesla K80 according to our statistics.

User ratings: view and submit

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