Radeon RX 7950 XTX vs Tesla K80

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking351not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.47no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGK210Navi 31
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date17 November 2014 (10 years ago)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 cores24966144
Core clock speed562 MHz2200 MHz
Boost clock speed824 MHz3300 MHz
Number of transistors7,100 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt355 Watt
Texture fill rate171.41,267
Floating-point processing power4.113 TFLOPS81.1 TFLOPS
ROPs48192
TMUs208384
Ray Tracing Coresno data96

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 4.0 x16
Length267 mm287 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth240.6 GB/s960.0 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 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.7-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 355 Watt

Tesla K80 has 18.3% lower power consumption.

RX 7950 XTX, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K80 and Radeon RX 7950 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K80 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 7950 XTX is a desktop one.


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