NVIDIA Tesla K40c vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K40c and AMD Radeon HD 7850 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40c

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 3.2x more texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 55.04 GTexel / s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 2880 vs 1024
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 4,291 gflops vs 1,761 gflops
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2 GB
  • 5x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 61.566 vs 47.041
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1779.043 vs 1028.005
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.463 vs 4.41
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 103.169 vs 72.975
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 308.261 vs 249.482
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4495 vs 3867
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 5 March 2012
Texture fill rate 178.8 GTexel / s vs 55.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2880 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 4,291 gflops vs 1,761 gflops
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 61.566 vs 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1779.043 vs 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.463 vs 4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 103.169 vs 72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 308.261 vs 249.482
PassMark - G3D Mark 4495 vs 3867

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 245 Watt
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 564 vs 325
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 245 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 564 vs 325

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K40c
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.566
47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1779.043
1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.463
4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
103.169
72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
308.261
249.482
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
325
564
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4495
3867
Name NVIDIA Tesla K40c AMD Radeon HD 7850
Geekbench - OpenCL 17468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 61.566 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1779.043 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.463 4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 103.169 72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 308.261 249.482
PassMark - G2D Mark 325 564
PassMark - G3D Mark 4495 3867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1312

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla K40c AMD Radeon HD 7850

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK110B Pitcairn
Launch date 8 October 2013 5 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $7,699 $249
Place in performance rating 531 533
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Price now $449.59
Value for money (0-100) 11.01

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,291 gflops 1,761 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2880 1024
Texture fill rate 178.8 GTexel / s 55.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 245 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 2,800 million
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Stream Processors 1200

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.4 GB / s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync