NVIDIA Tesla K80
VS
A100 PCIe
NVIDIA Tesla K80
VS
A100 PCIe

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA Tesla K80  vs  A100 PCIe.

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Place in performance rating
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Kepler 2.0
Architecture
Ampere
GK210
Code name
no data
Workstation
Type
no data
17 November 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
22 June 2020 (1 year ago)
$175
Price now
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GK210
GPU code name
GA100
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA Tesla K80  vs  A100 PCIe in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

2496
Pipelines
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562 MHz
Core clock speed
1410 MHz
824 MHz
Boost Clock
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7,100 million
Transistor count
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28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
300 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
171.4
Texture fill rate
609.1
2496
Pipelines / CUDA cores
6912
824 MHz
Boost clock speed
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7,100 million
Number of transistors
54,200 million
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA Tesla K80 and A100 PCIe come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
267 mm
Length
267 mm
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA Tesla K80 vs A100 PCIe.

GDDR5
Memory type
HBM2e
12 GB
Maximum RAM amount
40 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
5120 Bit
5012 MHz
Memory clock speed
2.4 GB/s
240.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
1,555 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA Tesla K80 vs A100 PCIe.

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Display Connectors
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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CUDA
8.0

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA Tesla K80 and A100 PCIe is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2
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Shader Model
6.5
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OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Tesla K80 and A100 PCIe 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 A100 PCIe good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Tesla K80
A100 PCIe
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Tesla K80
A100 PCIe
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Tesla K80
A100 PCIe
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Tesla K80
A100 PCIe
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Tesla K80
A100 PCIe
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Tesla K80

1.31% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (240.6 GB/s vs 1,555 GB/s)

Advantages of A100 PCIe

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (40 GB vs 12 GB)

So, NVIDIA Tesla K80 or A100 PCIe?

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

NVIDIA Tesla K80 versus A100 PCIe performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

4.1 Out of 32 Hitesti Score
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