Tesla K40st vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5725
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | RV6xx (2008−2010) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | M86GL | GK110B |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 January 2009 (17 years ago) | 22 November 2013 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $7,699 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 120 | 2880 |
| Core clock speed | 680 MHz | 575 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 378 million | 7,080 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 245 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.440 | 138.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1632 TFLOPS | 3.312 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 8 | 240 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 240 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 1536 KB |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
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 | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1502 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 288.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 3.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 January 2009 | 22 November 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 28 nm |
Tesla K40st has an age advantage of 4 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility FireGL V5725 and Tesla K40st. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility FireGL V5725 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Tesla K40st is a workstation one.
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