NVIDIA Tesla K80 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K80 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 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 Tesla K80

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K80

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
761.8x more texture fill rate: 171.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Around 56% higher pipelines: 2496 vs 2x 800
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2x 512 MB
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5852 vs 1132

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Nov 2014 vs 7 November 2008
Texture fill rate	171.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	2496 vs 2x 800
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5852 vs 1132

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 59% higher memory clock speed: 1990 MHz vs 1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 542 vs 374

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 562 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	1990 MHz vs 1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	542 vs 374

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K80
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

374

542

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5852

1132

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K80	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	374	542
PassMark - G3D Mark	5852	1132

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K80	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GK210	R700
Launch date	17 Nov 2014	7 November 2008
Place in performance rating	256	253
Launch price (MSRP)		$420
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	824 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,371 GFLOPS (1:3)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.113 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2496	2x 800
Pixel fill rate	42.85 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	171.4 GTexel/s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	7100 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		2x 1,000.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 (11_1)	10.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	240.6 GB/s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective	1990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3