Tesla M40 vs Radeon HD 8950 OEM
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 261 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 7.59 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | GM200 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 8 January 2013 (13 years ago) | 10 November 2015 (10 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1792 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 948 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | 1112 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 8,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 103.6 | 213.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.315 TFLOPS | 6.832 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| TMUs | 112 | 192 |
| L1 Cache | 448 KB | 1.1 MB |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | 3 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 8-pin EPS |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1502 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 240.0 GB/s | 288.4 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 5.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 January 2013 | 10 November 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 12 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 250 Watt |
HD 8950 OEM has 25% lower power consumption.
Tesla M40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8950 OEM and Tesla M40. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8950 OEM is a desktop graphics card while Tesla M40 is a workstation one.
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