Tesla K80 vs TITAN Xp

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared TITAN Xp with Tesla K80, including specs and performance data.

TITAN Xp
2017
12 GB GDDR5X, 250 Watt
50.41
+232%

TITAN Xp outperforms Tesla K80 by a whopping 232% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking59351
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation12.89no data
Power efficiency13.823.47
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameGP102GK210
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 April 2017 (7 years ago)17 November 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 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 cores38402496
Core clock speed1405 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz824 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million7,100 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate379.7171.4
Floating-point processing power12.15 TFLOPS4.113 TFLOPS
ROPs9648
TMUs240208

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
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR5XGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1426 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth547.6 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA6.13.7

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.

TITAN Xp 50.41
+232%
Tesla K80 15.19

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.

TITAN Xp 19424
+232%
Tesla K80 5852

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

TITAN Xp 58384
+263%
Tesla K80 16063

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 50.41 15.19
Recency 6 April 2017 17 November 2014
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 300 Watt

TITAN Xp has a 231.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

The TITAN Xp is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K80 in performance tests.

Be aware that TITAN Xp is a desktop card while Tesla K80 is a workstation one.


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