NVIDIA Tesla M40 vs AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M40 and AMD Radeon R4 Graphics 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher core clock speed: 948 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 33.4x more texture fill rate: 213.9 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
  • 24x more pipelines: 3072 vs 128
  • 33.4x better floating-point performance: 6,844 gflops vs 204.8 gflops
  • 4.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39184 vs 8386
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 437 vs 99
  • 29.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10220 vs 342
  • 38.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 183.81 vs 4.721
  • 24.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2637.997 vs 107.613
  • 29.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.059 vs 0.445
  • 15.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 160.359 vs 10.612
  • 52.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 688.388 vs 13.097
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 November 2015 vs 11 June 2014
Core clock speed 948 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 213.9 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3072 vs 128
Floating-point performance 6,844 gflops vs 204.8 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 39184 vs 8386
PassMark - G2D Mark 437 vs 99
PassMark - G3D Mark 10220 vs 342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 183.81 vs 4.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2637.997 vs 107.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.059 vs 0.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 160.359 vs 10.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 688.388 vs 13.097

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

  • 16.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 250 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39184
8386
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
437
99
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10220
342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
183.81
4.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2637.997
107.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.059
0.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
160.359
10.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
688.388
13.097
Name NVIDIA Tesla M40 AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Geekbench - OpenCL 39184 8386
PassMark - G2D Mark 437 99
PassMark - G3D Mark 10220 342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 183.81 4.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2637.997 107.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.059 0.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 160.359 10.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 688.388 13.097
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 701
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 701
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1811

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla M40 AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name GM200 Beema
Launch date 10 November 2015 11 June 2014
Place in performance rating 260 1540
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1114 MHz
Core clock speed 948 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 6,844 gflops 204.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3072 128
Texture fill rate 213.9 GTexel / s 6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 8,000 million 930 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 System Shared