NVIDIA Tesla K80 vs NVIDIA Tesla M40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K80 and NVIDIA Tesla M40 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K80

  • 801.3x more texture fill rate: 171.4 GTexel/s vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate 171.4 GTexel/s vs 213.9 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 948 MHz vs 562 MHz
  • Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1114 MHz vs 824 MHz
  • Around 23% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2496
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 4.8x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 467 vs 374
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10183 vs 5852
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 November 2015 vs 17 Nov 2014
Core clock speed 948 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed 1114 MHz vs 824 MHz
Pipelines 3072 vs 2496
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 467 vs 374
PassMark - G3D Mark 10183 vs 5852

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K80
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M40

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
374
467
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5852
10183
Name NVIDIA Tesla K80 NVIDIA Tesla M40
PassMark - G2D Mark 374 467
PassMark - G3D Mark 5852 10183
Geekbench - OpenCL 37593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 183.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2637.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 160.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 688.388

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla K80 NVIDIA Tesla M40

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name GK210 GM200
Launch date 17 Nov 2014 10 November 2015
Place in performance rating 247 249
Type Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 824 MHz 1114 MHz
Core clock speed 562 MHz 948 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1,371 GFLOPS (1:3)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.113 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2496 3072
Pixel fill rate 42.85 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 171.4 GTexel/s 213.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 7100 million 8,000 million
Floating-point performance 6,844 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12 (11_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 (5.1)
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 240.6 GB/s 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1253 MHz, 5 Gbps effective 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5