Radeon HD 8590M vs Tesla K80
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 413 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.50 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GK210 | Sun |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 17 November 2014 (11 years ago) | 1 March 2013 (13 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 | 2496 ×2 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 562 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 824 MHz | 825 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,100 million | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 171.4 ×2 | 16.50 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.113 TFLOPS ×2 | 0.528 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 ×2 | 8 |
| TMUs | 208 ×2 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 208 KB | 80 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1536 KB | 128 KB |
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).
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | no data |
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 ×2 | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit ×2 | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1253 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 240.6 GB/s ×2 | 36 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 3.7 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 November 2014 | 1 March 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 1 GB |
Tesla K80 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Tesla K80 and Radeon HD 8590M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla K80 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 8590M is a notebook one.
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