NVIDIA Tesla K40m vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K40m and ATI Radeon X550 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 K40m

ATI Radeon X550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40m

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 667 MHz vs 400 MHz
111.8x more texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
96x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 128 MB
12x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 500 MHz
64.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3281 vs 51

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 November 2013 vs 1 July 2005
Core clock speed	667 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3281 vs 51

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550

2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 266 vs 111

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	266 vs 111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K40m
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

266

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3281

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K40m	ATI Radeon X550
Geekbench - OpenCL	18672
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	68.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1884.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	310.472
PassMark - G2D Mark	111	266
PassMark - G3D Mark	3281	51

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K40m	ATI Radeon X550
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rage 9
Code name	GK110B	RV370
Launch date	22 November 2013	1 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699
Place in performance rating	638	632
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	745 MHz
Core clock speed	667 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2880
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR