NVIDIA Tesla K80
VS
AMD FirePro D500
NVIDIA Tesla K80
VS
AMD FirePro D500

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Tesla K80 and AMD FirePro D500. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
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Kepler 2.0
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GK210
Code name
Tahiti
Workstation
Type
Workstation
17 November 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
18 January 2014 (7 years ago)
$175
Price now
$1100
GK210
GPU code name
Tahiti
Workstation
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Tesla K80 and AMD FirePro D500 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2496
Pipelines
1536
562 MHz
Core clock speed
725 MHz
824 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
7,100 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
300 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
274 Watt
171.4
Texture fill rate
69.60
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Floating-point performance
2,227 gflops
2496
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
824 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
7,100 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
274 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Tesla K80 and AMD FirePro D500.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
279 mm
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA Tesla K80 and AMD FirePro D500 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
12 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
5012 MHz
Memory clock speed
5080 MHz
240.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
243.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Tesla K80 and AMD FirePro D500, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Tesla K80 and AMD FirePro D500. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Tesla K80 and AMD FirePro D500 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Tesla K80 or AMD FirePro D500 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Tesla K80
AMD FirePro D500
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Tesla K80
AMD FirePro D500
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Tesla K80
AMD FirePro D500
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Tesla K80
AMD FirePro D500
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Tesla K80
AMD FirePro D500
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Tesla K80

0.08% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($175 vs $1100)

More pipelines (2496 vs 1536)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 3 GB)

Advantages of AMD FirePro D500

Less power consumption (274 Watt vs 300 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (243.8 GB/s vs 240.6 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Tesla K80 or AMD FirePro D500?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Tesla K80 .

NVIDIA Tesla K80 versus AMD FirePro D500 performance benchmarks comparison

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