NVIDIA Tesla M40 vs AMD Radeon R9 Fury

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M40 and AMD Radeon R9 Fury videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1114 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • 12x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10220 vs 9555
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 183.81 vs 141.671
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 160.359 vs 133.144
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 November 2015 vs 10 July 2015
Boost clock speed 1114 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 10220 vs 9555
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 183.81 vs 141.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 160.359 vs 133.144

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 Fury

  • Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 224.0 GTexel / s vs 213.9 GTexel / s
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 3072
  • Around 5% better floating-point performance: 7,168 gflops vs 6,844 gflops
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53054 vs 39179
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 789 vs 437
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3600.035 vs 2637.997
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.2 vs 13.059
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 791.572 vs 688.388
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 224.0 GTexel / s vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 3072
Floating-point performance 7,168 gflops vs 6,844 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 53054 vs 39179
PassMark - G2D Mark 789 vs 437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3600.035 vs 2637.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.2 vs 13.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 791.572 vs 688.388

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 Fury

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39179
53054
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
437
789
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10220
9555
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
183.81
141.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2637.997
3600.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.059
13.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
160.359
133.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
688.388
791.572
Name NVIDIA Tesla M40 AMD Radeon R9 Fury
Geekbench - OpenCL 39179 53054
PassMark - G2D Mark 437 789
PassMark - G3D Mark 10220 9555
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 183.81 141.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2637.997 3600.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.059 13.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 160.359 133.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 688.388 791.572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4739

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla M40 AMD Radeon R9 Fury

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 3.0
Code name GM200 Fiji
Launch date 10 November 2015 10 July 2015
Place in performance rating 260 263
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch price (MSRP) $549
Price now $399.99
Value for money (0-100) 35.98

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1114 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 948 MHz
Floating-point performance 6,844 gflops 7,168 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3072 3584
Texture fill rate 213.9 GTexel / s 224.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 8,000 million 8,900 million
Compute units 56
Stream Processors 3584

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

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 ​2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB / s 512 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 4096 bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)