NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile vs NVIDIA Tesla K40m Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains a single direct comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile and the NVIDIA Tesla K40m, and the result is decisive. In the Geekbench OpenCL test, the RTX 5060 Mobile scores 96,969 points against the Tesla K40m's 19,885 points. That is a delta of 387.6%, meaning the modern mobile part is nearly five times faster in raw compute throughput. The margin is so large that it does not merely represent a generational step, it represents a complete reordering of performance expectations.

Looking at the broader context, the RTX 5060 Mobile's average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 22,435, placing it in the 67th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (22,549, a delta of -0.5%), the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (22,170, a delta of 1.2%), and the AMD Radeon RX 6700S (22,154, a delta of 1.3%). The RTX 5060 Mobile also sits 1.3% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile, which scores 22,729. These figures indicate that the RTX 5060 Mobile is effectively a peer of desktop-class discrete GPUs from previous generations, despite being a mobile IGP solution.

The Tesla K40m, by contrast, has an average benchmark score of 19,885, which places it in the 65th percentile. Its nearest rivals are the AMD FirePro W7000 (19,905, a delta of -0.1%), the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (19,765, a delta of 0.6%), the AMD FirePro D300 (19,637, a delta of 1.3%), and the NVIDIA Quadro K5200 (19,602, a delta of 1.4%). The K40m is not embarrassingly slow in absolute terms, but it is clearly anchored to an older performance tier. When the two are directly compared, the RTX 5060 Mobile's OpenCL score is 387.6% higher, which is a chasm that no architectural tweak or driver optimization could bridge.

It is importantly the head-to-head benchmark list contains only this single entry. The RTX 5060 Mobile has ten recorded benchmark scores, including 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (3,013.5), Geekbench Vulkan (96,451), and multiple Passmark tests (DirectX 9: 203, DirectX 10: 119, DirectX 11: 168, DirectX 12: 87, G2D: 876, G3D: 18,852, GPU Compute: 7,607). The Tesla K40m has only the one OpenCL result. That asymmetry itself tells a story: the RTX 5060 Mobile is a general-purpose graphics solution tested across gaming and compute workloads, while the K40m's recorded data reflects its narrow, compute-focused mission.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from entirely different eras of NVIDIA's design philosophy. The RTX 5060 Mobile uses the GB206 chip built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It packs 21,900 million transistors into a die size of 181 mm², yielding a transistor density of 121.0 million transistors per square millimeter. The Tesla K40m uses the GK110B chip on the Kepler architecture, manufactured on a 28 nm process at the same foundry. It contains 7,080 million transistors spread across a much larger 561 mm² die, resulting in a transistor density of just 12.6 million per square millimeter. The density difference, a factor of roughly 9.6, is the clearest illustration of how far process technology advanced between 2013 and 2025.

The compute resources diverge sharply as well. The RTX 5060 Mobile has 3,328 shading units, 104 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs. The Tesla K40m has 2,880 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The K40m actually has more than twice the texture units, which explains its higher texture rate of 210.2 GTexel/s versus the RTX 5060 Mobile's 151.3 GTexel/s. However, the RTX 5060 Mobile counters with a higher pixel rate (69.84 GPixel/s vs. 52.56 GPixel/s) and nearly double the FP32 throughput (9.684 TFLOPS vs. 5.046 TFLOPS). The RTX 5060 Mobile also supports FP16 at a 1:1 ratio with FP32 (9.684 TFLOPS), while the K40m has no recorded FP16 capability at all.

Clock speeds tell a similar story. The RTX 5060 Mobile runs at a base clock of 952 MHz and a boost clock of 1,455 MHz. The Tesla K40m runs at 745 MHz base and 876 MHz boost. The RTX 5060 Mobile's memory operates at 1,500 MHz with 24 Gbps effective data rate, while the K40m's memory runs at 1,502 MHz with 6 Gbps effective. The RTX 5060 Mobile uses 8 GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 384.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The K40m uses 12 GB of GDDR5 on a 384-bit bus, delivering 288.4 GB/s. The wider bus gives the K40m more capacity, but the newer memory technology gives the RTX 5060 Mobile more speed per pin.

Feature support is another major differentiator. The RTX 5060 Mobile includes 26 ray tracing cores and 104 tensor cores, technologies that did not exist in the Kepler generation. The K40m has neither, as reflected by null entries for RT cores and tensor cores in the database. The RTX 5060 Mobile supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6. The K40m supports DirectX 12 (11_1), Vulkan 1.2.175, and OpenGL 4.6. The API gap matters for modern workloads, as DirectX 12 Ultimate enables features like mesh shaders and variable rate shading that the older part cannot execute.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 5060 Mobile wins in every scenario where modern graphics features or raw compute throughput are required. Its FP32 performance of 9.684 TFLOPS is nearly double the K40m's 5.046 TFLOPS, making it the obvious choice for general-purpose compute, game rendering, and any workload that can leverage ray tracing or tensor cores. Its 384.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, despite a narrower 128-bit bus, exceeds the K40m's 288.4 GB/s, which means it can feed its shaders more effectively in bandwidth-sensitive tasks. The 5 nm process node and 45 W TDP also make it viable in thin-and-light laptops, where the K40m's 245 W TDP and dual-slot cooler would be physically impossible to integrate.

The Tesla K40m retains two specific advantages from the recorded data. First, it has more memory capacity: 12 GB versus 8 GB. For workloads that need to hold large datasets on the GPU, such as certain scientific simulations or deep learning inference with large batch sizes, the extra 4 GB could be decisive. Second, it has a higher texture rate (210.2 GTexel/s vs. 151.3 GTexel/s), which could benefit older games or applications that are heavily texture-bound rather than compute-bound. Its 240 TMUs provide raw texel throughput that the RTX 5060 Mobile cannot match despite its architectural superiority.

The K40m also has a higher transistor count per die in absolute terms (7,080 million vs. 21,900 million is not higher, so this is incorrect; the RTX 5060 Mobile has more transistors), but the RTX 5060 Mobile achieves this in a much smaller package. The K40m's launch MSRP was 7,699 USD, which reflects its position as a professional compute card. The RTX 5060 Mobile has no recorded launch MSRP, indicating it was never sold as a standalone retail product. For gaming, content creation, and modern AI workloads, the RTX 5060 Mobile is the clear winner. For legacy compute tasks that require more than 8 GB of memory and can tolerate lower FP32 throughput, the K40m remains a niche option.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the RTX 5060 Mobile than the Tesla K40m in OpenCL?

A: The RTX 5060 Mobile scores 96,969 points in Geekbench OpenCL, while the Tesla K40m scores 19,885 points. That is a 387.6% advantage for the RTX 5060 Mobile.

Q: Which GPU has more memory, and does it matter?

A: The Tesla K40m has 12 GB of GDDR5 memory, while the RTX 5060 Mobile has 8 GB of GDDR7. The K40m's larger capacity can hold bigger datasets, but the RTX 5060 Mobile's memory bandwidth is higher at 384.0 GB/s versus 288.4 GB/s.

Q: What are the biggest architectural differences between the two?

A: The RTX 5060 Mobile uses the Blackwell 2.0 architecture on a 5 nm process with 26 RT cores and 104 tensor cores. The Tesla K40m uses the Kepler architecture on a 28 nm process with no RT or tensor cores. The RTX 5060 Mobile also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, while the K40m only supports DirectX 12 (11_1).

Q: Does the Tesla K40m have any advantage in texture processing?

A: Yes, the K40m has a texture rate of 210.2 GTexel/s versus the RTX 5060 Mobile's 151.3 GTexel/s, thanks to its 240 TMUs compared to 104.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The RTX 5060 Mobile has a TDP of 45 W and is an IGP with no power connectors. The Tesla K40m has a TDP of 245 W, is dual-slot, and requires a 550 W suggested PSU.

Q: Which GPU is still in production?

A: The RTX 5060 Mobile is listed as Active, while the Tesla K40m is End-of-life. The K40m was released on 2013-11-21, and its successor is Tesla Maxwell.

Specification Differences

| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile | NVIDIA Tesla K40m |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Kepler |

| Process Node | 5 nm | 28 nm |

| Transistors | 21,900 million | 7,080 million |

| Die Size | 181 mm² | 561 mm² |

| Transistor Density | 121.0M / mm² | 12.6M / mm² |

| Base Clock | 952 MHz | 745 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 1455 MHz | 876 MHz |

| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |

| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR5 |

| Memory Bus Width | 128 bit | 384 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | 288.4 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 3328 | 2880 |

| TMUs | 104 | 240 |

| ROPs | 48 | 48 |

| RT Cores | 26 | None |

| Tensor Cores | 104 | None |

| Pixel Rate | 69.84 GPixel/s | 52.56 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 151.3 GTexel/s | 210.2 GTexel/s |

| FP32 Performance | 9.684 TFLOPS | 5.046 TFLOPS |

| FP16 Performance | 9.684 TFLOPS (1:1) | None recorded |

| TDP | 45 W | 245 W |

| Slot Width | IGP | Dual-slot |

| Power Connectors | None | Not recorded |

| Suggested PSU | None recorded | 550 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |

| Display Outputs | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |

| DirectX Support | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (11_1) |

| Vulkan Support | 1.4 | 1.2.175 |

| Release Date | 2025-05-19 | 2013-11-21 |

| Production Status | Active | End-of-life |

| Launch MSRP | None recorded | 7,699 USD |