GRID M10-8Q vs Tesla K8
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Tesla K8 and GRID M10-8Q, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Tesla K8 outperforms GRID M10-8Q by a whopping 112% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 459 | 653 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.72 | 1.41 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Maxwell (2014−2017) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | GM107 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 16 September 2014 (10 years ago) | 18 May 2016 (8 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 cores | 1536 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 693 MHz | 1033 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 811 MHz | 1306 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 1,870 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 103.8 | 52.24 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.491 TFLOPS | 1.672 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 128 | 40 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 83.2 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | 3.0 | 5.0 |
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 | 9.64 | 4.55 |
| Recency | 16 September 2014 | 18 May 2016 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 225 Watt |
Tesla K8 has a 111.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 125% lower power consumption.
GRID M10-8Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
The Tesla K8 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M10-8Q in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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