NVIDIA Tesla P40 vs NVIDIA Tesla M40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P40 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P40

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 948 MHz
  • Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 1114 MHz
  • Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 367.4 GTexel / s vs 213.9 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3072
  • Around 72% better floating-point performance: 11,758 gflops vs 6,844 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 6008 MHz
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12190 vs 10465
  • Around 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 62409 vs 39269
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 300.355 vs 183.81
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3559.383 vs 2637.997
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.757 vs 13.059
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 204.32 vs 160.359
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1214.142 vs 688.388
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 September 2016 vs 10 November 2015
Core clock speed 1303 MHz vs 948 MHz
Boost clock speed 1531 MHz vs 1114 MHz
Texture fill rate 367.4 GTexel / s vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3840 vs 3072
Floating-point performance 11,758 gflops vs 6,844 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz vs 6008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12190 vs 10465
Geekbench - OpenCL 62409 vs 39269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 300.355 vs 183.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3559.383 vs 2637.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 19.757 vs 13.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 204.32 vs 160.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1214.142 vs 688.388

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 452 vs 441
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 452 vs 441

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P40
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M40

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12190
10465
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
441
452
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
62409
39269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
300.355
183.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3559.383
2637.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.757
13.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
204.32
160.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1214.142
688.388
Name NVIDIA Tesla P40 NVIDIA Tesla M40
PassMark - G3D Mark 12190 10465
PassMark - G2D Mark 441 452
Geekbench - OpenCL 62409 39269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 300.355 183.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3559.383 2637.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 19.757 13.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 204.32 160.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1214.142 688.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9538
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla P40 NVIDIA Tesla M40

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Code name GP102 GM200
Launch date 13 September 2016 10 November 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $5,699
Place in performance rating 247 264
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1531 MHz 1114 MHz
Core clock speed 1303 MHz 948 MHz
Floating-point performance 11,758 gflops 6,844 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3840 3072
Texture fill rate 367.4 GTexel / s 213.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 11,800 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
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) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 480.4 GB / s 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5X GDDR5