NVIDIA Tesla K40m vs AMD Radeon R7 260X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K40m and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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, 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 R7 260X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40m

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.9x more texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2880 vs 896
2.2x better floating-point performance: 4,291 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 68.519 vs 43.745
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1884.11 vs 804.436
Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.358 vs 3.673
Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.253 vs 64.088
Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 310.472 vs 221.539
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3281 vs 3183

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 November 2013 vs 8 October 2013
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 896
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	68.519 vs 43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1884.11 vs 804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.358 vs 3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.253 vs 64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	310.472 vs 221.539
PassMark - G3D Mark	3281 vs 3183

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 745 MHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 245 Watt
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 521 vs 111

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 245 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	521 vs 111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K40m
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260X

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

68.519

43.745

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1884.11

804.436

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.358

3.673

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

117.253

64.088

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

310.472

221.539

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

521

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3281

3183

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K40m	AMD Radeon R7 260X
Geekbench - OpenCL	18672
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	68.519	43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1884.11	804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.358	3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.253	64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	310.472	221.539
PassMark - G2D Mark	111	521
PassMark - G3D Mark	3281	3183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1481

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K40m	AMD Radeon R7 260X
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 2.0
Code name	GK110B	Bonaire
Launch date	22 November 2013	8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699	$139
Place in performance rating	638	639
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Price now		$239
Value for money (0-100)		17.15
Technical info
Boost clock speed	745 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	667 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2880	896
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	2,080 million
Stream Processors		896
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	170 mm
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	104 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync