GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs Tesla K40m

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla K40m with GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Tesla K40m
2013
12 GB GDDR5, 245 Watt
8.50

RTX 3060 Mobile outperforms Tesla K40m by a whopping 282% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking469155
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.11no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGK110BGN20-E3 GA106
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date22 November 2013 (10 years ago)4 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 no data
Current price$744 (0.1x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

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 cores28803840
Core clock speed745 MHz817 MHz
Boost clock speed876 MHz1702 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)245 Watt115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate210.2171.0
Floating-point performance4,291 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Tesla K40m and GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno 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 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed6008 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s336.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA3.58.6

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.

Tesla K40m 8.50
RTX 3060 Mobile 32.50
+282%

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile outperforms Tesla K40m by 282% based on our aggregate 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%

Tesla K40m 3281
RTX 3060 Mobile 12550
+283%

GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile outperforms Tesla K40m by 283% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD24−27
−321%
101
+321%
1440p18−20
−294%
71
+294%
4K10−12
−320%
42
+320%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−329%
103
+329%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−321%
55−60
+321%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
−322%
76
+322%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−293%
100−110
+293%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−313%
65−70
+313%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−310%
86
+310%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−306%
70−75
+306%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−290%
80−85
+290%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
−337%
130−140
+337%
Hitman 3 27−30
−293%
106
+293%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−315%
166
+315%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−310%
164
+310%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−290%
80−85
+290%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
−290%
195
+290%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−286%
81
+286%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−321%
55−60
+321%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−300%
64
+300%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−293%
100−110
+293%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−313%
65−70
+313%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−283%
69
+283%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−306%
70−75
+306%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−290%
80−85
+290%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
−337%
130−140
+337%
Hitman 3 24−27
−288%
93
+288%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−320%
189
+320%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−293%
106
+293%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−313%
99
+313%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−295%
158
+295%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
−306%
142
+306%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−295%
158
+295%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−321%
55−60
+321%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−300%
56
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−313%
65−70
+313%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−288%
62
+288%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−306%
70−75
+306%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
−337%
130−140
+337%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−33
−300%
120
+300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
−300%
140
+300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−333%
78
+333%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−283%
46
+283%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−300%
96
+300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
−288%
60−65
+288%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−313%
99
+313%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−300%
48
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−300%
48
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−290%
39
+290%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−300%
84
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−313%
65−70
+313%
Hitman 3 16−18
−300%
64
+300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−305%
85
+305%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−305%
85
+305%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−321%
101
+321%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−340%
40−45
+340%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
−325%
34
+325%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−344%
80
+344%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−300%
30−35
+300%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−333%
24−27
+333%
Hitman 3 10−11
−310%
41
+310%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−290%
35−40
+290%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−320%
42
+320%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−293%
55
+293%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−450%
11
+450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−300%
20−22
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−400%
15
+400%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−350%
45−50
+350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−307%
57
+307%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−317%
50
+317%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−375%
19
+375%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−340%
44
+340%

This is how Tesla K40m and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 321% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 294% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 320% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.50 32.50
Recency 22 November 2013 4 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 245 Watt 115 Watt

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K40m in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla K40m is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a notebook one.


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