FirePro W5000 DVI vs Tesla K40c

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking412not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.26no data
Power efficiency3.26no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGK180Pitcairn
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)25 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 $599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2880768
Core clock speed745 MHz825 MHz
Boost clock speed876 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)245 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate210.239.60
Floating-point processing power5.046 TFLOPS1.267 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs24048

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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm191 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Form factorno datafull height / half length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s102.4 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 outputs2x DVI
Dual-link DVI support-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1031.2.131
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 October 2013 25 February 2013
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 245 Watt 75 Watt

Tesla K40c has an age advantage of 7 months, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

W5000 DVI, on the other hand, has 226.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K40c and FirePro W5000 DVI. We've got no test results to judge.


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