Radeon R7 265 vs Tesla K80
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Tesla K80 with Radeon R7 265, including specs and performance data.
Tesla K80 outperforms R7 265 by a considerable 46% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 360 | 445 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 5.33 |
| Power efficiency | 3.48 | 4.78 |
| Architecture | Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | GK210 | Pitcairn |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 17 November 2014 (10 years ago) | 13 February 2014 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $149 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 2496 ×2 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 562 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 824 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,100 million | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 171.4 ×2 | 59.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.113 TFLOPS ×2 | 1.894 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 ×2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 208 ×2 | 64 |
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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 210 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1 x 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB ×2 | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit ×2 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1253 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 240.6 GB/s ×2 | 179.2 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 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| Eyefinity | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | - | + |
| FreeSync | - | + |
| DDMA audio | no data | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | DirectX® 12 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | - |
| CUDA | 3.7 | - |
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 | 15.23 | 10.45 |
| Recency | 17 November 2014 | 13 February 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 150 Watt |
Tesla K80 has a 45.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, and a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.
R7 265, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.
The Tesla K80 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 265 in performance tests.
Be aware that Tesla K80 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 265 is a desktop one.
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