Tesla K10

Key Metrics

Launch Date
2012-05-15
CUDA Cores
1,536
Memory
4 GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
160 GB/s
TDP/TBP
225 W
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

Tesla K10 is a Tesla K Series accelerator from the Kepler generation. Its historical context is data-center deployment rather than gaming, so form factor, memory capacity, interconnect, virtualization features, and server compatibility are the details that make this entry useful.

Used-Market Caution

Before buying used, confirm PCIe versus SXM or OAM form factor, passive airflow needs, auxiliary power, HBM size, firmware locks, ECC or retired-page errors, seller proof from nvidia-smi under load, and whether any vGPU or enterprise licensing is required.

Sources

Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. NVIDIA Pioneers New Standard for High Performance Computing With Tesla GPUs Built on Kepler ArchitectureOfficial May 15, 2012 unveiling of Tesla K10Open source
  2. NVIDIA Tesla K10 GPU Accelerates Search for Oil and Gas Reserves, Signal and Image Processing for Defense IndustryOfficial May 15, 2012 announcement of K10 availabilityOpen source
  3. NVIDIA Tesla K10 GPU Accelerator board specificationOfficial dual-GPU memory, memory-interface, board-power, and auxiliary-connector specificationsOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Reference databases

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen GPU database used to cross-check specifications A reference database: good for cross-checking specifications, but not proof of the original release details on its own.Open source