NVIDIA Tesla K8 vs AMD Radeon R5 M240 Rebrand

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K8 and AMD Radeon R5 M240 Rebrand videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Tesla K8

AMD Radeon R5 M240 Rebrand

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K8

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 693 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 811 MHz vs 700 MHz
6.2x more texture fill rate: 103.8 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
4.6x better floating-point performance: 2,491 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	16 September 2014 vs 10 January 2014
Core clock speed	693 MHz vs 650 MHz
Boost clock speed	811 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.8 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,491 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K8	AMD Radeon R5 M240 Rebrand
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK104	Mars
Launch date	16 September 2014	10 January 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	811 MHz	700 MHz
Core clock speed	693 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,491 gflops	537.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	384
Texture fill rate	103.8 GTexel / s	16.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3