AMD Radeon R7 250X vs NVIDIA Tesla K40m

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA Tesla K40m videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R7 250X

NVIDIA Tesla K40m

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 745 MHz
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 245 Watt
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 111

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2014 vs 22 November 2013
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 245 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 111

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40m

4.7x more texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 38 GTexel / s
4.5x more pipelines: 2880 vs 640
3.5x better floating-point performance: 4,291 gflops vs 1,216 gflops
6x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2 GB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3281 vs 2269
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 68.519 vs 32.22
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1884.11 vs 638.532
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.358 vs 2.963
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.253 vs 51.987
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 310.472 vs 151.963

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s vs 38 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 640
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops vs 1,216 gflops
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3281 vs 2269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	68.519 vs 32.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1884.11 vs 638.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.358 vs 2.963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.253 vs 51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	310.472 vs 151.963

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K40m

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2269

3281

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

637

111

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

32.22

68.519

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

638.532

1884.11

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.963

6.358

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51.987

117.253

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

151.963

310.472

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250X	NVIDIA Tesla K40m
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269	3281
PassMark - G2D Mark	637	111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.22	68.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	638.532	1884.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.963	6.358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.987	117.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	151.963	310.472
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
Geekbench - OpenCL		19542

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250X	NVIDIA Tesla K40m
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Cape Verde	GK110B
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	13 February 2014	22 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$99	$7,699
Place in performance rating	664	665
Price now	$260.70
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	11.25
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,216 gflops	4,291 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	2880
Stream Processors	640
Texture fill rate	38 GTexel / s	178.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	245 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	7,080 million
Core clock speed		667 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync