Tesla K40st vs HD Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1146not rated
Place by popularity99not in top-100
Power efficiency1.59no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1GK110B
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 April 2012 (12 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 speed650 MHz575 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt245 Watt
Texture fill rate6.300138.0
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPS3.312 TFLOPS
ROPs148
TMUs6240

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP2-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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared12 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1502 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.4 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.801.1.126
CUDA-3.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 22 November 2013
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 245 Watt

HD Graphics has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

Tesla K40st, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and Tesla K40st. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics is a desktop card while Tesla K40st is a workstation one.


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