Radeon 740M vs Tesla K8

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Aggregated performance score

Tesla K8
2014
8 GB GDDR5
9.53
+6.2%

Tesla K8 outperforms Radeon 740M by 6% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking429449
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.94no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)RDNA 3
GPU code nameGK104Phoenix
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date16 September 2014 (9 years ago)23 May 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1536256
Core clock speed693 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed811 MHz2500 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt30 Watt (30 - 15 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate103.840.00
Floating-point performance2,491 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Tesla K8 and Radeon 740M 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.

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed5000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth160.0 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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.0no data

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.53 8.97
Recency 16 September 2014 23 May 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 30 Watt

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Tesla K8 and Radeon 740M.

Be aware that Tesla K8 is a workstation card while Radeon 740M is a notebook one.


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