NVIDIA Tesla K40c vs NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K40c and NVIDIA GRID K240Q 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40c

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 95.36 GTexel / s
  • Around 88% higher pipelines: 2880 vs 1536
  • Around 87% better floating-point performance: 4,291 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
  • 12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 325 vs 212
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4495 vs 2541
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 28 June 2013
Texture fill rate 178.8 GTexel / s vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2880 vs 1536
Floating-point performance 4,291 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 325 vs 212
PassMark - G3D Mark 4495 vs 2541

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K240Q

  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 245 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 245 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K40c
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K240Q

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
325
212
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4495
2541
Name NVIDIA Tesla K40c NVIDIA GRID K240Q
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 325 212
PassMark - G3D Mark 4495 2541
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3938
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3667

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla K40c NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Kepler
Code name GK110B GK104
Launch date 8 October 2013 28 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $7,699 $469
Place in performance rating 513 488
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz 745 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,291 gflops 2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2880 1536
Texture fill rate 178.8 GTexel / s 95.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 245 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 3,540 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_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.4 GB / s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5