Tesla X2090 vs Tesla K80

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking349not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.52no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK210GF110
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date17 November 2014 (10 years ago)25 July 2011 (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 cores2496512
Core clock speed562 MHz651 MHz
Boost clock speed824 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,100 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate171.441.66
Floating-point processing power4.113 TFLOPS1.332 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs20864

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 2.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz924 MHz
Memory bandwidth240.6 GB/s177.4 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)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.72.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 November 2014 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 225 Watt

Tesla K80 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Tesla X2090, on the other hand, has 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K80 and Tesla X2090. We've got no test results to judge.


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