Tesla K80m vs GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking125not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIGK210
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)17 November 2014 (9 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 cores51202x 2496
Core clock speed1556 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz824 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million7,100 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data300 Watt
Texture fill rateno data2x 182.2 billion/sec
ROPsno data2x 48
TMUsno data2x 208

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin
SLI options+-

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 amount2x 8 GB2x 12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz5012 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data2x 240.6 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 dataNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112.0 (11_1)
OpenGLno data4.6
Vulkan+-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2016 17 November 2014
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and Tesla K80m. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while Tesla K80m is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
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