NVIDIA Tesla K80 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K80 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Tesla K80

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 562 MHz
2.2x more boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 824 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 199.0 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: 8 nm vs 28 nm
Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 961 vs 280
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16857 vs 4680

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 17 Nov 2014
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 824 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 171.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3584 vs 2496
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	961 vs 280
PassMark - G3D Mark	16857 vs 4680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K80
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

280

961

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4680

16857

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K80	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
PassMark - G2D Mark	280	961
PassMark - G3D Mark	4680	16857
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1997

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K80	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Ampere
Code name	GK210	GA104
Launch date	17 Nov 2014	1 Sep 2021
Place in performance rating	374	74
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	824 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,371 GFLOPS (1:3)	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.113 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2496	3584
Pixel fill rate	42.85 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	171.4 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	7100 million	17400 million
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 (11_1)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.6 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6