Quadro M5000 SE vs Tesla K40c

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking408not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.25no data
Power efficiency3.29no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGK180GM204
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 no data

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 cores28802048
Core clock speed745 MHz861 MHz
Boost clock speed876 MHz1038 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)245 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate210.2132.9
Floating-point processing power5.046 TFLOPS4.252 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs240128

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 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz6612 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s211.6 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 outputs1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.103-
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 245 Watt 100 Watt

Tesla K40c has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

M5000 SE, on the other hand, has 145% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K40c and Quadro M5000 SE. We've got no test results to judge.


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