Quadro RTX 6000 Mobile vs Tesla K40c

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking408not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.25no data
Power efficiency3.29no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK180TU102
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)4 September 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores28804608
Core clock speed745 MHz1275 MHz
Boost clock speed876 MHz1455 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)245 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate210.2419.0
Floating-point processing power5.046 TFLOPS13.41 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs240288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s672.0 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 outputsPortable Device Dependent
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1031.3
CUDA3.57.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 October 2013 4 September 2019
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 245 Watt 200 Watt

RTX 6000 Mobile has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 22.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K40c and Quadro RTX 6000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K40c is a workstation card while Quadro RTX 6000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Tesla K40c
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