GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs Tesla M60

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking284not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.48no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM204GP104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date30 August 2015 (9 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 cores20482560
Core clock speed557 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHz1733 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate150.8277.3
Floating-point processing power4.825 TFLOPS8.873 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs128160

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 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.4 GB/s352.3 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.26.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 August 2015 20 April 2017
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 180 Watt

GTX 1080 11Gbps has an age advantage of 1 year, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M60 and GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla M60 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps is a desktop one.


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