Tesla K40st vs GeForce GT 240M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1208not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.66no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGT216GK110B
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)22 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,699

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores482880
Core clock speed550 MHz575 MHz
Number of transistors486 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt245 Watt
Texture fill rate8.800138.0
Floating-point processing power0.1162 TFLOPS3.312 TFLOPS
Gigaflops174no data
ROPs848
TMUs16240

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 600 (DDR2), Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s288.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMIVGANo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA+3.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 June 2009 22 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 245 Watt

GT 240M has 965.2% lower power consumption.

Tesla K40st, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 240M and Tesla K40st. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 240M is a notebook card while Tesla K40st is a workstation one.


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