NVIDIA Tesla K40c vs AMD Radeon Pro W5500

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Combined performance score

Pro W5500
23.60
+103%

Radeon Pro W5500 outperforms Tesla K40c by 103% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking213376
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money45.943.99
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameNavi 14GK180
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date10 February 2020 (4 years old)8 October 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $7,699
Current price$308 (0.8x MSRP)$360 (0x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro W5500 has 1051% better value for money than Tesla K40c.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores14082880
Core clock speedno data745 MHz
Boost clock speed1400 MHz876 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt245 Watt
Texture fill rate123.2210.2
Floating-point performanceno data4,291 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s288.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors4x DisplayPortNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.103
CUDAno data3.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pro W5500 23.60
+103%
Tesla K40c 11.60

Radeon Pro W5500 outperforms Tesla K40c by 103% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Pro W5500 9145
+103%
Tesla K40c 4494

Radeon Pro W5500 outperforms Tesla K40c by 103% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 23.60 11.60
Recency 10 February 2020 8 October 2013
Cost $399 $7699
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 245 Watt

The Radeon Pro W5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K40c in performance tests.


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