NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A vs NVIDIA Tesla K40c

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A and NVIDIA Tesla K40c videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

NVIDIA Tesla K40c

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 745 MHz
5.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 245 Watt
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 551 vs 325

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 8 October 2013
Core clock speed	902 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 245 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	551 vs 325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40c

4.8x more texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 37.44 GTexel / s
4.5x more pipelines: 2880 vs 640
3.6x better floating-point performance: 4,291 gflops vs 1,198 gflops
6x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4495 vs 1050

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s vs 37.44 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 640
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops vs 1,198 gflops
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4495 vs 1050

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K40c

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1050

4495

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

551

325

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A	NVIDIA Tesla K40c
PassMark - G3D Mark	1050	4495
PassMark - G2D Mark	551	325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351
Geekbench - OpenCL		17468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		61.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1779.043
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		103.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		308.261

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A	NVIDIA Tesla K40c
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kepler
Code name	GM107	GK110B
Launch date	17 March 2014	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	518	519
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$7,699
Technical info
Boost clock speed	936 MHz
Core clock speed	902 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,198 gflops	4,291 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	2880
Texture fill rate	37.44 GTexel / s	178.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	245 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	7,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5