Tesla K40d vs Radeon HD 7520G

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1138not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.62no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameScrapperGK110B
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 June 2012 (12 years ago)22 November 2013 (10 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 cores1922880
Core clock speed496 MHz745 MHz
Boost clock speed685 MHz876 MHz
Number of transistors1,303 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt245 Watt
Texture fill rate8.220210.2
Floating-point processing power0.263 TFLOPS5.046 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs12240

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP2-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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared12 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1502 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.4 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-3.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2012 22 November 2013
Chip lithography 32 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 245 Watt

HD 7520G has 600% lower power consumption.

Tesla K40d, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7520G and Tesla K40d. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7520G is a desktop card while Tesla K40d is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon HD 7520G
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