NVIDIA Tesla K40c vs ATI FireGL V7700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K40c and ATI FireGL V7700 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: 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.

NVIDIA Tesla K40c

ATI FireGL V7700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40c

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
14.4x more texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
9x more pipelines: 2880 vs 320
8.6x better floating-point performance: 4,291 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 512 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 2252 MHz
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4495 vs 660

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 19 November 2007
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 320
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 2252 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4495 vs 660

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7700

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 745 MHz
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 325

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	777 MHz vs 745 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 325

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K40c
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

325

422

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4495

660

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K40c	ATI FireGL V7700
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)	103.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	308.261
PassMark - G2D Mark	325	422
PassMark - G3D Mark	4495	660

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K40c	ATI FireGL V7700
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK110B	RV670
Launch date	8 October 2013	19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699	$899
Place in performance rating	513	351
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	777 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2880	320
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	2252 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4