RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation vs Tesla K40s

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGK110BAD107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date22 November 2013 (10 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 no data

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 cores28802048
Core clock speed745 MHzno data
Boost clock speed876 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)245 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate210.2129.6
Floating-point processing power5.046 gflopsno data
ROPs4832
TMUs24064

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed6008 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s128.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 November 2013 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 245 Watt 35 Watt

Tesla K40s has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K40s and RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K40s is a workstation card while RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation is a notebook one.


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