NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2 vs NVIDIA Tesla M40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2 and NVIDIA Tesla M40 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 P100 SXM2

NVIDIA Tesla M40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1328 MHz vs 948 MHz
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 1114 MHz
Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 331.5 GTexel / s vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 3072
Around 55% better floating-point performance: 10,609 gflops vs 6,844 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 94% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76222 vs 39310

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 April 2016 vs 10 November 2015
Core clock speed	1328 MHz vs 948 MHz
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz vs 1114 MHz
Texture fill rate	331.5 GTexel / s vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 3072
Floating-point performance	10,609 gflops vs 6,844 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	76222 vs 39310

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
4.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1408 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1408 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M40

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

76222

39310

Name	NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2	NVIDIA Tesla M40
Geekbench - OpenCL	76222	39310
PassMark - G2D Mark		452
PassMark - G3D Mark		10465
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 P100 SXM2	NVIDIA Tesla M40
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GP100	GM200
Launch date	5 April 2016	10 November 2015
Place in performance rating	258	264
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz	1114 MHz
Core clock speed	1328 MHz	948 MHz
Floating-point performance	10,609 gflops	6,844 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3584	3072
Texture fill rate	331.5 GTexel / s	213.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	15,300 million	8,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	720.9 GB / s	288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1408 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5