NVIDIA A30X vs NVIDIA Tesla K80

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30X and NVIDIA Tesla K80 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA A30X

NVIDIA Tesla K80

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 84% higher core clock speed: 1035 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 75% higher boost clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 824 MHz
Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 171.4 GTexel/s
Around 44% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2496
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 300 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective vs 1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective

Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 17 Nov 2014
Core clock speed	1035 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz vs 824 MHz
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 171.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3584 vs 2496
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective vs 1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K80

Name	NVIDIA A30X	NVIDIA Tesla K80
PassMark - G2D Mark		280
PassMark - G3D Mark		4680

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30X	NVIDIA Tesla K80
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Kepler 2.0
Code name	GA100	GK210
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	17 Nov 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	374
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	824 MHz
Core clock speed	1035 MHz	562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	1,371 GFLOPS (1:3)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	4.113 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	2496
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	42.85 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	171.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	7100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 (11_1)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.5 (5.1)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,223 GB/s	240.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective	1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR5