AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris vs NVIDIA GRID M40

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking635not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.47no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGM107Ellesmere
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date18 May 2016 (7 years old)24 April 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999
Current price$484 $173 (0.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3842304
Core clock speed1033 MHz1243 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate33.06179.0
Floating-point performanceno data2x 5,728 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data305 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5200 MHz7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth83.2 GB/s224.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.0no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 18 May 2016 24 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 250 Watt

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NVIDIA GRID M40
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