GeForce RTX 2080 vs Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated64
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data27.65
Power efficiencyno data15.66
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGV100TU104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date21 June 2017 (7 years ago)20 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores51202944
Core clock speed1312 MHz1515 MHz
Boost clock speed1530 MHz1710 MHz
Number of transistors21,100 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt215 Watt
Texture fill rate489.6314.6
Floating-point processing power15.67 TFLOPS10.07 TFLOPS
ROPs12864
TMUs320184
Tensor Cores640368
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed876 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth897.0 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.07.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 June 2017 20 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 215 Watt

Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 2080, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 16.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB and GeForce RTX 2080. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 2080 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
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