Tesla K40c vs Quadro M6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M6000 and Tesla K40c, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro M6000
2015
12 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
30.45
+161%

M6000 outperforms Tesla K40c by a whopping 161% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking178405
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.240.25
Power efficiency8.433.29
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGM200GK180
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date21 March 2015 (9 years ago)8 October 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,199.99 $7,699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M6000 has 1196% better value for money than Tesla K40c.

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 cores30722880
Core clock speed988 MHz745 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz876 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt245 Watt
Texture fill rate213.9210.2
Floating-point processing power6.844 TFLOPS5.046 TFLOPS
ROPs9648
TMUs192240

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 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1653 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth317.4 GB/s288.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.103
CUDA5.23.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro M6000 30.45
+161%
Tesla K40c 11.65

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro M6000 11749
+161%
Tesla K40c 4494

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Quadro M6000 39517
+126%
Tesla K40c 17468

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 30.45 11.65
Recency 21 March 2015 8 October 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 245 Watt

Quadro M6000 has a 161.4% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

Tesla K40c, on the other hand, has 2% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K40c in performance tests.


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