AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT vs NVIDIA Tesla K40m Comparison
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
Tesla K40m
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
Analysis: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT vs NVIDIA Tesla K40m
FAQ
Q: How do the two GPUs compare in their primary benchmark scores?
A: The database records a single overlapping benchmark, Geekbench OpenCL, where the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT scores 92,426 against the NVIDIA Tesla K40m's 19,885. That is a 78.5% deficit for the Tesla K40m relative to the AMD card.
Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score?
A: The NVIDIA Tesla K40m has an average benchmark score of 19,885, while the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT averages 17,083. Despite the Tesla having a higher average, it only has one recorded benchmark, whereas the AMD card has ten recorded benchmarks across multiple test suites.
Q: How do the two GPUs rank against all other GPUs in the database?
A: The Tesla K40m sits in the 65th percentile, while the RX 7600 XT sits in the 60th percentile. This means the Tesla places slightly higher overall, despite its much lower raw score in the shared OpenCL test.
Q: What are the nearest rivals for each GPU according to the database?
A: The Tesla K40m's nearest rival is the AMD FirePro W7000, which scores 19,905 and trails by 0.1%. The RX 7600 XT's nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 at 17,037, which is 0.3% behind, with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 at 17,208 being 0.7% ahead of the AMD card.
Q: Which GPU has more memory, and what type is it?
A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory, while the NVIDIA Tesla K40m has 12 GB of GDDR5 memory. Both have nearly identical memory bandwidth, at 288.0 GB/s for AMD and 288.4 GB/s for NVIDIA.
Q: What are the production statuses of the two cards?
A: The NVIDIA Tesla K40m is marked as end-of-life, with a release date in November 2013, while the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is active, with a release date in January 2024.
Architecture Differences
The two GPUs come from fundamentally different architectural eras. The NVIDIA Tesla K40m is built on the Kepler architecture using the GK110B chip, fabricated on a 28 nm process at TSMC. It packs 7,080 million transistors into a 561 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 12.6 million transistors per square millimeter. In contrast, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT uses the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 33 chip, also fabricated by TSMC but on a 6 nm process. It contains 13,300 million transistors on a much smaller 204 mm² die, resulting in a transistor density of 65.2 million transistors per square millimeter.
The shading configuration differs markedly. The Tesla K40m has 2,880 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 48 render output units. The RX 7600 XT has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, along with 32 ray tracing cores, which the Tesla lacks entirely, as it has no ray tracing hardware listed in the database. The AMD card also achieves a pixel rate of 352.6 GTexel/s texture rate, while the Tesla produces 52.56 GPixel/s pixel rate and 210.2 GTexel/s texture rate.
Clock speeds show a wide separation. The Tesla K40m runs at a base clock of 745 MHz and a boost clock of 876 MHz, with memory at 1502 MHz, effectively 6 Gbps. The RX 7600 XT runs at a base clock of 1980 MHz and a boost clock of 2755 MHz, with a game clock of 2470 MHz and memory at 2250 MHz, effectively 18 Gbps.
Compute capabilities are substantially different. The Tesla K40m delivers 5.046 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and has no FP16 figure listed. The RX 7600 XT delivers 22.57 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 22.57 TFLOPS of FP16, listed as a 1:1 ratio.
API support differs as well. The Tesla K40m supports DirectX 12 (11_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.175. The RX 7600 XT supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, with the AMD card's DirectX 12 Ultimate and newer Vulkan version representing a more modern feature set.
Power requirements are also distinct. The Tesla K40m has a TDP of 245 W and a suggested power supply of 550 W, while the RX 7600 XT has a TDP of 190 W and a suggested power supply of 450 W. The AMD card uses a single 8-pin power connector, while the Tesla's power connectors are not listed in the database.
The Verdict
The data points to two very different intended use cases. The NVIDIA Tesla K40m is a compute-oriented card from 2013, with a launch MSRP of 7,699 USD, a 65th percentile ranking, and a single OpenCL benchmark score of 19,885. Its Kepler architecture, dual-slot form factor, and lack of display outputs mark it as a legacy compute accelerator for scientific workloads common at its time.
The AMD Radeon RX