NVIDIA Tesla M40 vs ATI FirePro RG220

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M40 and ATI FirePro RG220 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

ATI FirePro RG220

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 90% higher core clock speed: 948 MHz vs 500 MHz
53.5x more texture fill rate: 213.9 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
38.4x more pipelines: 3072 vs 80
85.6x better floating-point performance: 6,844 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 512 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
30.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10183 vs 335

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2015 vs 1 May 2008
Core clock speed	948 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3072 vs 80
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10183 vs 335

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro RG220

7.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 552 vs 467

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	552 vs 467

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M40
GPU 2: ATI FirePro RG220

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

467

552

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10183

335

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M40	ATI FirePro RG220
Geekbench - OpenCL	37593
PassMark - G2D Mark	467	552
PassMark - G3D Mark	10183	335
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	ATI FirePro RG220
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM200	RV711
Launch date	10 November 2015	1 May 2008
Place in performance rating	249	251
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz
Core clock speed	948 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	3072	80
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3