NVIDIA Tesla M40 vs AMD FirePro W8100

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Combined performance score

FirePro W8100
18.78

Tesla M40 outperforms FirePro W8100 by 40% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking274188
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.5074.88
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code nameHawaiiGM200
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date23 June 2014 (9 years old)10 November 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$590 $101
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Tesla M40 has 1052% better value for money than FirePro W8100.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25603072
Core clock speed824 MHz948 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1112 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)220 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate131.8213.5
Floating-point performance4,219 gflops6,844 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin8-pin EPS

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s288.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x SDINo outputs
StereoOutput3D1no data
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data
HD сomponent video output1no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDAno data5.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W8100 18.78
Tesla M40 26.27
+39.9%

Tesla M40 outperforms FirePro W8100 by 40% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro W8100 7279
Tesla M40 10182
+39.9%

Tesla M40 outperforms FirePro W8100 by 40% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 18.78 26.27
Recency 23 June 2014 10 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 250 Watt

The Tesla M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W8100 in performance tests.


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