NVIDIA Tesla K40m vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K40m and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40m

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 667 MHz vs 475 MHz
94.1x more texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 256 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 950 MHz
53.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3143 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 November 2013 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	667 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 950 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3143 vs 59

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 74 Watt vs 245 Watt
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 184

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	74 Watt vs 245 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	274 vs 184

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K40m
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

184

274

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3143

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K40m	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Geekbench - OpenCL	19542
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	184	274
PassMark - G3D Mark	3143	59

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K40m	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rankine
Code name	GK110B	NV38 A1
Launch date	22 November 2013	23 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699	$499
Place in performance rating	593	611
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	745 MHz
Core clock speed	667 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	2880
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	74 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	135 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	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR