GeForce GTX 480 512 vs Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGV100GF100
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date21 June 2017 (7 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores5120512
Core clock speed1246 MHz527 MHz
Boost clock speed1380 MHzno data
Number of transistors21,100 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate441.633.73
Floating-point processing power14.13 TFLOPSno data
ROPs12848
TMUs32064
Tensor Cores640no data

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 2.0 x16
Lengthno data292 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width4096 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed876 MHz2.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth897.0 GB/s134.4 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 outputs2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.02.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 375 Watt

Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB has a 966.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB and GeForce GTX 480 Core 512. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 480 Core 512 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB
Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Core 512
GeForce GTX 480 Core 512

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