NVIDIA GRID M40 vs AMD FirePro S4000X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M40 and AMD FirePro S4000X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GRID M40

AMD FirePro S4000X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.064 vs 19.089
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 576.664 vs 478.725

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 7 August 2014
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 775 MHz
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064 vs 19.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664 vs 478.725

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S4000X

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 34.934 vs 18.529
Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 92.567 vs 87.629

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.934 vs 18.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	92.567 vs 87.629

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M40
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S4000X

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.064

19.089

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

576.664

478.725

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.529

34.934

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.629

92.567

Name	NVIDIA GRID M40	AMD FirePro S4000X
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064	19.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664	478.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.529	34.934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	87.629	92.567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.08

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M40	AMD FirePro S4000X
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM107	Venus
Launch date	18 May 2016	7 August 2014
Place in performance rating	1418	1420
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	775 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,500 million
Floating-point performance		992.0 gflops
Pipelines		640
Texture fill rate		31 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		MXM-A
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	4500 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		72 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5