Tesla M40 24 GB vs RTX A5000

Place in performance ranking	29	185
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.72	32.79
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code name	GA102	GM200
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)	10 November 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price	$3327	$250

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Tesla M40 24 GB has 781% better value for money than RTX A5000.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	8192	3072
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1112 MHz
Number of transistors	28,300 million	8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	230 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	433.9	213.5

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 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	8-pin EPS

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	16 GB/s	6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	768.0 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

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	5.2

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.

RTX A5000 59.02
+118%

Tesla M40 24 GB 27.06

RTX A5000 outperforms Tesla M40 24 GB by 118% based on our aggregated 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%

RTX A5000 22846
+118%

Tesla M40 24 GB 10474

RTX A5000 outperforms Tesla M40 24 GB by 118% in Passmark.