NVIDIA Tesla K40c vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K40c and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40c

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 575 MHz
13x more texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
120x more pipelines: 2880 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 325 vs 309
14.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4495 vs 306

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	325 vs 309
PassMark - G3D Mark	4495 vs 306

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

5.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 245 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 245 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K40c
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

325

309

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4495

306

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K40c	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
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	309
PassMark - G3D Mark	4495	306

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K40c	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK110B	G71
Launch date	8 October 2013	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699	$99.99
Place in performance rating	513	511
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.97
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2880	24
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		575 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-III
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0