NVIDIA Tesla M40 vs AMD Radeon R7 A265

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M40 and AMD Radeon R7 A265 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 Radeon R7 A265

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 948 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1114 MHz vs 825 MHz
10.8x more texture fill rate: 213.9 GTexel / s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 3072 vs 384
10.8x better floating-point performance: 6,844 gflops vs 633.6 gflops
6x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
5.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 37593 vs 6925
10.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10183 vs 994

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2015 vs 9 January 2014
Core clock speed	948 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3072 vs 384
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops vs 633.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	37593 vs 6925
PassMark - G3D Mark	10183 vs 994

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A265

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	468 vs 467

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 A265

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

37593

6925

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

467

468

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10183

994

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M40	AMD Radeon R7 A265
Geekbench - OpenCL	37593	6925
PassMark - G2D Mark	467	468
PassMark - G3D Mark	10183	994
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 Radeon R7 A265
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM200	Opal
Launch date	10 November 2015	9 January 2014
Place in performance rating	249	455
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz	825 MHz
Core clock speed	948 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops	633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3072	384
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s	19.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3