Tesla K80 vs FirePro S10000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro S10000 and Tesla K80, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

S10000
2012
6 GB GDDR5, 750 Watt
12.37

Tesla K80 outperforms S10000 by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking400351
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.63no data
Power efficiency2.263.47
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameTahitiGK210
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 November 2012 (12 years ago)17 November 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,599 no data

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 cores40962496
Core clock speed825 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHz824 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million7,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)750 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate106.4171.4
Floating-point processing power3.405 TFLOPS4.113 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs112208

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length305 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth480 GB/s240.6 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-3.7

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

S10000 12.37
Tesla K80 15.19
+22.8%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

S10000 4768
Tesla K80 5852
+22.7%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.37 15.19
Recency 12 November 2012 17 November 2014
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt 300 Watt

Tesla K80 has a 22.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Tesla K80 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro S10000 in performance tests.


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