NVIDIA Tesla K80m vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K80m and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K80m

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 52x more texture fill rate: 2x 182.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 42 billion / sec
  • 10.4x more pipelines: 2x 2496 vs 480
  • 6.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,373 gflops vs 1,345.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 2x 12 GB vs 1536 MB
  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
  • Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18310 vs 13135
  • Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 62.651 vs 34.483
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1653.567 vs 706.104
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 86.984 vs 30.405
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 258.278 vs 106.875
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.882 vs 4.245
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 November 2014 vs 26 March 2010
Texture fill rate 2x 182.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 42 billion / sec
Pipelines 2x 2496 vs 480
Floating-point performance 2x 4,373 gflops vs 1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2x 12 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 18310 vs 13135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 62.651 vs 34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1653.567 vs 706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 86.984 vs 30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 258.278 vs 106.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.882 vs 4.245

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 562 MHz
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Core clock speed 700 MHz vs 562 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K80m
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
18310
13135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
62.651
34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1653.567
706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
86.984
30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
258.278
106.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.882
4.245
Name NVIDIA Tesla K80m NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Geekbench - OpenCL 18310 13135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 62.651 34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1653.567 706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 86.984 30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 258.278 106.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.882 4.245
PassMark - G3D Mark 4107
PassMark - G2D Mark 445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3320
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla K80m NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Fermi
Code name GK210 GF100
Launch date 17 November 2014 26 March 2010
Place in performance rating 754 751
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Price now $71.99
Value for money (0-100) 61.35

Technical info

Boost clock speed 876 MHz
Core clock speed 562 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 4,373 gflops 1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 2x 2496 480
Texture fill rate 2x 182.2 GTexel / s billion / sec 42 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 3,100 million
CUDA cores 480
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way, 3-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 12 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 2x 240.6 GB / s 177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 384 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
SLI