Tesla K8 vs Quadro RTX 4000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro RTX 4000 and Tesla K8, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 4000
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 160 Watt
39.75
+312%

RTX 4000 outperforms Tesla K8 by a whopping 312% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking107458
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.29no data
Power efficiency17.196.66
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameTU104GK104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 November 2018 (5 years ago)16 September 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 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 cores23041536
Core clock speed1005 MHz693 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz811 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate222.5103.8
Floating-point processing power7.119 TFLOPS2.491 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs144128
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no data

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
Length241 mm241 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 6-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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth416.0 GB/s160.0 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 Connectors3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA7.53.0

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 39.75 9.64
Recency 13 November 2018 16 September 2014
Chip lithography 12 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 100 Watt

RTX 4000 has a 312.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

Tesla K8, on the other hand, has 60% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K8 in performance tests.


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