Tesla K40s vs Radeon R5 430 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking801not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.70no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameOlandGK110B
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date30 June 2016 (8 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 cores3842880
Core clock speed730 MHz745 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHz876 MHz
Number of transistors950 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt245 Watt
Texture fill rate18.72210.2
Floating-point processing power0.599 TFLOPS5.046 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs24240

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth36.8 GB/s288.4 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-3.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 June 2016 22 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 245 Watt

R5 430 OEM has an age advantage of 2 years, and 390% lower power consumption.

Tesla K40s, on the other hand, has a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 430 OEM and Tesla K40s. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 430 OEM is a desktop card while Tesla K40s is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM
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