Radeon 550X Mobile vs Tesla K40s
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | GK110B | Polaris 23 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 22 November 2013 (12 years ago) | 11 April 2018 (8 years 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 cores | 2880 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 745 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 876 MHz | 1287 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,080 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 245 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 210.2 | 51.48 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.046 TFLOPS | 1.647 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 16 |
| TMUs | 240 | 40 |
| L1 Cache | 240 KB | 160 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1536 KB | 256 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.4 GB/s | 48 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 3.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 November 2013 | 11 April 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 245 Watt | 50 Watt |
Tesla K40s has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.
550X Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 390% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Tesla K40s and Radeon 550X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla K40s is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 550X Mobile is a notebook one.
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