Steam Deck GPU vs Tesla K8

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking454not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.96no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK104Van Gogh
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date16 September 2014 (10 years ago)25 February 2022 (2 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 cores1536512
Core clock speed693 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed811 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million2,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate103.851.20
Floating-point processing power2.491 TFLOPS1.638 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12832
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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 2.0 x16no data
Length241 mm298 mm
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s88 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 USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 September 2014 25 February 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 15 Watt

Steam Deck GPU has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K8 and Steam Deck GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K8 is a workstation graphics card while Steam Deck GPU is a desktop one.


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