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NVIDIA Tesla K80

The NVIDIA Tesla K80 is a workstation graphics card released on November 17, 2014, built on the Kepler architecture. It scores 5,754 in the PassMark G3D benchmark.

KeplerWorkstation

4/10 key specs recorded · 9 facts

Depth: 15 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

n/a

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

n/a

Performance

The NVIDIA Tesla K80 scores 5,754 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 82.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #477), measured across 22 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 488.

PassMark G3D Mark

5,754

Rank #477
Faster than 82.5% of 2,658 GPUs
22 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 104 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 76.5% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 32 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 68.4% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 39 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 65% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 19 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 52.7% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,189 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 65.9% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Tesla K80 averages DirectX 9 104 fps, DirectX 10 32 fps, DirectX 11 39 fps, DirectX 12 19 fps and GPU Compute 2,189 ops/s, across 22 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2022-05-10

Samples 22

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Graphics processor

Architecture Kepler

Codename Not recorded

Chip Not recorded

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The NVIDIA Tesla K80 is based on the Kepler architecture.

Memory

Size Not recorded

Type GDDR5

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Market

Launched November 17, 2014

Launch price Not recorded

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Segment Data Center

Series Tesla

The NVIDIA Tesla K80 was released on November 17, 2014.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 5,754

PassMark G2D 488

Rank #477

Samples 22

Frequently asked questions

How fast is the NVIDIA Tesla K80?

The NVIDIA Tesla K80 scores 5,754 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 82.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #477. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 19 fps.