GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB vs Tesla K80

Place in performance ranking	327	325
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	12.53	5.49
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GK210	N17P-G1 Max-Q
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	17 November 2014 (9 years ago)	30 May 2017 (6 years ago)
Current price	$83	$1010

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Tesla K80 has 128% better value for money than GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB.

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 cores	2496	1280
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1063 - 1265 MHz
Boost clock speed	824 MHz	1341 - 1480 MHz
Number of transistors	7,100 million	4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	60 - 70 Watt
Texture fill rate	171.4	118.4
Floating-point performance	no data	3,789 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Tesla K80 and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6.144 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	240.6 GB/s	192.2 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	No outputs
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12.0
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	+
CUDA	3.7	6.1

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	80−85 −2.5%	82 +2.5%
4K	27−30 −3.7%	28 +3.7%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	15.12	15.22
Recency	17 November 2014	30 May 2017
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6.144 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	60 Watt