RTX A500 vs Tesla K40m

Place in the ranking	586	381
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	no data
Power efficiency	2.38	20.26
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	GK110B	GA107
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	22 November 2013 (12 years ago)	10 November 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2880	2048
Core clock speed	745 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	876 MHz	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	245 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	210.2	113.3
Floating-point processing power	5.046 TFLOPS	7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	240	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16
L1 Cache	240 KB	2 MB
L2 Cache	1536 KB	2 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

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API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	3.5	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Tesla K40m 7.54

RTX A500 15.71
+108%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Tesla K40m 3143
Samples: 4

RTX A500 6544
+108%

Samples: 932

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.54	15.71
Recency	22 November 2013	10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	245 Watt	60 Watt

Tesla K40m has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A500, on the other hand, has a 108% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 308% lower power consumption.

The RTX A500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K40m in performance tests.