NVIDIA Tesla M40 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M40 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 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

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 948 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 92% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2x 800
3.4x better floating-point performance: 6,844 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2x 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1990 MHz
9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10183 vs 1132

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2015 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	948 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines	3072 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10183 vs 1132

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 542 vs 467

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	542 vs 467

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M40
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

467

542

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10183

1132

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M40	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	37593
PassMark - G2D Mark	467	542
PassMark - G3D Mark	10183	1132
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 Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM200	R700
Launch date	10 November 2015	7 November 2008
Place in performance rating	249	244
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$420
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz
Core clock speed	948 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	3072	2x 800
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3