Radeon RX 5800 XT vs Tesla K40s

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110BNavi 23
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date22 November 2013 (10 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores28803328
Core clock speed745 MHzno data
Boost clock speed876 MHz1775 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)245 Watt275 Watt
Texture fill rate210.2369.2
Floating-point processing power5.046 TFLOPS11.81 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs240208

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 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s448.0 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 outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 245 Watt 275 Watt

Tesla K40s has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 12.2% lower power consumption.

RX 5800 XT, on the other hand, has a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K40s and Radeon RX 5800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K40s is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 5800 XT is a desktop one.


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