NVIDIA Tesla K40m vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K40m and AMD Radeon HD 7970M 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 - 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.

NVIDIA Tesla K40m

AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40m

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.6x more texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 68 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 2880 vs 1280
Around 97% better floating-point performance: 4,291 gflops vs 2,176 gflops
6x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19542 vs 17210
Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 68.519 vs 51.181
Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1884.11 vs 1121.002
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.358 vs 5.355
Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.253 vs 81.527
Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 310.472 vs 256.99

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 November 2013 vs 24 April 2012
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s vs 68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops vs 2,176 gflops
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	19542 vs 17210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	68.519 vs 51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1884.11 vs 1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.358 vs 5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.253 vs 81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	310.472 vs 256.99

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 667 MHz
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 245 Watt
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 496 vs 184
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3569 vs 3143

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 667 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 245 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	496 vs 184
PassMark - G3D Mark	3569 vs 3143

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K40m
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19542

17210

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

68.519

51.181

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1884.11

1121.002

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.358

5.355

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

117.253

81.527

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

310.472

256.99

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

184

496

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3143

3569

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K40m	AMD Radeon HD 7970M
Geekbench - OpenCL	19542	17210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	68.519	51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1884.11	1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.358	5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.253	81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	310.472	256.99
PassMark - G2D Mark	184	496
PassMark - G3D Mark	3143	3569
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K40m	AMD Radeon HD 7970M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK110B	Wimbledon
Launch date	22 November 2013	24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699
Place in performance rating	613	615
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	745 MHz
Core clock speed	667 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops	2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2880	1280
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s	68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
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	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0