NVIDIA Tesla K40c vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K40c and NVIDIA GeForce 9800S 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.

NVIDIA Tesla K40c

NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40c

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
9.3x more texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
45x more pipelines: 2880 vs 64
22.3x better floating-point performance: 4,291 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 1 GB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 800 MHz
7.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4495 vs 636

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 15 July 2008
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2880 vs 64
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4495 vs 636

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

2x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 745 MHz
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 245 Watt
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 427 vs 325

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 245 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	427 vs 325

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K40c
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

325

427

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4495

636

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K40c	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
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	427
PassMark - G3D Mark	4495	636

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K40c	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK110B	G94
Launch date	8 October 2013	15 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699
Place in performance rating	513	345
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2880	64
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s	19.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF + HDA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI