GeForce RTX 5080 vs Tesla K20X

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGK110GB203
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date12 November 2012 (12 years ago)2025
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 no data

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 cores268810752
Core clock speed732 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)235 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate164.0846.7
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS54.19 TFLOPS
ROPs48128
TMUs224336
Tensor Coresno data336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

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 5.0 x16
Length267 mm304 mm
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth249.6 GB/s973.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.510.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 235 Watt 350 Watt

Tesla K20X has 48.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080, on the other hand, has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K20X and GeForce RTX 5080. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K20X is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5080 is a desktop one.


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