# Tesla K80 workload in vSphere.

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/tesla-k80-workload-in-vsphere/162031>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [March 23, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/tesla-k80-workload-in-vsphere/162031 "2015-03-23T03:35:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![aashmann1](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@aashmann1](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/aashmann1)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/tesla-k80-workload-in-vsphere/162031/1 "2015-03-23T03:35:28Z")

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IHAC that has a need to virtualize a workload that necessitates a Tesla K80. Is there a GRID equivalent to allow this workload to be delivered in VDI?

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**Author:** ![JasonSouthernNV](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@JasonSouthernNV](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/JasonSouthernNV)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/tesla-k80-workload-in-vsphere/162031/2 "2015-03-30T17:03:43Z")

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K80’s not on the VMware HCL, so the closest is the K2, but that’s single precision device.