Tesla K20s vs Tesla K40st

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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)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGK110BGK110
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date22 November 2013 (11 years ago)18 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 $3,199

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 cores28802496
Core clock speed575 MHz575 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)245 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate138.0119.6
Floating-point processing power3.312 TFLOPS2.87 TFLOPS
ROPs4840
TMUs240208

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 2.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot

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 GB5 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s208.0 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA3.53.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 November 2013 18 February 2013
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 5 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 245 Watt 225 Watt

Tesla K40st has an age advantage of 9 months, and a 140% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Tesla K20s, on the other hand, has 8.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K40st and Tesla K20s. We've got no test results to judge.


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