NVIDIA Tesla M40 vs AMD FireStream 9270

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M40 and AMD FireStream 9270 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).

NVIDIA Tesla M40

AMD FireStream 9270

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 948 MHz vs 750 MHz
7.1x more texture fill rate: 213.9 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
3.8x more pipelines: 3072 vs 800
5.7x better floating-point performance: 6,844 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2 GB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 3600 MHz
7.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10377 vs 1341

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2015 vs 13 November 2008
Core clock speed	948 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3072 vs 800
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10377 vs 1341

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9270

Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 250 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	473 vs 471

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M40
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

471

473

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10377

1341

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M40	AMD FireStream 9270
Geekbench - OpenCL	37593
PassMark - G2D Mark	471	473
PassMark - G3D Mark	10377	1341
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 M40	AMD FireStream 9270
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM200	RV770
Launch date	10 November 2015	13 November 2008
Place in performance rating	246	284
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz
Core clock speed	948 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	3072	800
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5