GRID M40 vs Tesla K80

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla K80 and GRID M40, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Tesla K80
2014
12 GB GDDR5, 300 Watt
15.19
+256%

Tesla K80 outperforms GRID M40 by a whopping 256% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking350678
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.475.85
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGK210GM107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date17 November 2014 (10 years ago)18 May 2016 (8 years ago)

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 cores2496384
Core clock speed562 MHz1033 MHz
Boost clock speed824 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors7,100 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate171.433.06
Floating-point processing power4.113 TFLOPS0.7933 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs20832

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 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth240.6 GB/s83.2 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
CUDA3.75.0

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 15.19 4.27
Recency 17 November 2014 18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 50 Watt

Tesla K80 has a 255.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GRID M40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 500% lower power consumption.

The Tesla K80 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M40 in performance tests.


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