Tesla M40 24 GB vs Quadro GP100

Place in the ranking	91	201
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.50	7.48
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GP100	GM200
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	1 October 2016 (8 years ago)	10 November 2015 (8 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3584	3072
Core clock speed	1304 MHz	948 MHz
Boost clock speed	1442 MHz	1112 MHz
Number of transistors	15,300 million	8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	235 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	323.0	213.5
Floating-point processing power	10.34 TFLOPS	6.832 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	96
TMUs	224	192

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	1x 8-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	HBM2	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	715 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	732.2 GB/s	288.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors

1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	6.0	5.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

Quadro GP100 42.43
+57.1%

Tesla M40 24 GB 27.00

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Quadro GP100 16374
+57.2%

Tesla M40 24 GB 10417

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	42.43	27.00
Recency	1 October 2016	10 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	235 Watt	250 Watt

Quadro GP100 has a 57.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 6.4% lower power consumption.

Tesla M40 24 GB, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Quadro GP100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M40 24 GB in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.