Quadro P5000 Max-Q vs Tesla K40st

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGK110BN17E-Q5 Max-Q
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date22 November 2013 (10 years ago)11 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 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 cores28802048
Core clock speed575 MHz1101 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1366 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)245 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate138.0no data
Floating-point performance4,291 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Tesla K40st and Quadro P5000 Max-Q 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 x16no data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6008 MHz6006 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/sno data
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 data

Supported technologies

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

Optimusno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126no data
CUDA3.5no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 November 2013 11 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 245 Watt 100 Watt

P5000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 3 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 145% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K40st and Quadro P5000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K40st is a workstation card while Quadro P5000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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