RTX A4500 vs Tesla K40s

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated45
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data19.56
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110BGA102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date22 November 2013 (11 years ago)23 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 no data

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 cores28807168
Core clock speed745 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speed876 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)245 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate210.2369.6
Floating-point processing power5.046 TFLOPS23.65 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs240224
Tensor Coresno data224
Ray Tracing Coresno data56

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 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB20 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s640.0 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 outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 November 2013 23 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 245 Watt 200 Watt

RTX A4500 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 66.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 22.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K40s and RTX A4500. We've got no test results to judge.


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