NVIDIA Tesla M40 vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M40 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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 R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 580 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Launch date	10 November 2015 vs 3 September 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 580 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 948 MHz
10.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 3072
Around 50% better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 6,844 gflops
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 12 GB
Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.128 vs 13.059

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 948 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 3072
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops vs 6,844 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128 vs 13.059

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.059

21.128

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M40	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	37593
PassMark - G2D Mark	467
PassMark - G3D Mark	10183
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	21.128
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 R9 390 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM200	Grenada
Launch date	10 November 2015	3 September 2015
Place in performance rating	249	246
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz
Core clock speed	948 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops	2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3072	2x 2560
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5