H100 SXM5 vs Tesla K80

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking346not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.50no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Hopper (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGK210GH100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date17 November 2014 (9 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 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 cores24968448
Core clock speed562 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speed824 MHz1780 MHz
Number of transistors7,100 million80,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt700 Watt
Texture fill rate171.4939.8
Floating-point processing power4.113 TFLOPS30.07 TFLOPS
ROPs4824
TMUs208528
Tensor Coresno data528

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 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR5HBM3
Maximum RAM amount12 GB80 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth240.6 GB/s1,920 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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.79.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 November 2014 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 700 Watt

Tesla K80 has 133.3% lower power consumption.

H100 SXM5, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 566.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K80 and H100 SXM5. We've got no test results to judge.


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