Tesla M40 vs Quadro M6000

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Combined performance score

Quadro M6000
30.35
+15.5%

Quadro M6000 outperforms Tesla M40 by 16% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking169188
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money5.6574.88
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code nameGM200GM200
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date21 March 2015 (9 years old)10 November 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,199.99 no data
Current price$1792 (0.4x MSRP)$101
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Tesla M40 has 1225% better value for money than Quadro M6000.

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 cores30723072
Core clock speed988 MHz948 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz1112 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate213.9213.5
Floating-point performance6,844 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed6612 MHz6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth317.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPortNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA5.25.2

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.

Quadro M6000 30.35
+15.5%
Tesla M40 26.27

Quadro M6000 outperforms Tesla M40 by 16% 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%

Quadro M6000 11763
+15.5%
Tesla M40 10182

Quadro M6000 outperforms Tesla M40 by 16% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M6000 32385
+3.1%
Tesla M40 31401

Quadro M6000 outperforms Tesla M40 by 3% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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 30.35 26.27
Recency 21 March 2015 10 November 2015

The Quadro M6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M40 in performance tests.


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