Tesla M40 vs Radeon R5 Graphics
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 258 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 7.53 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Spectre SL | GM200 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 17 September 2014 (11 years ago) | 10 November 2015 (10 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 | 256 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 497 MHz | 948 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 720 MHz | 1112 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,410 million | 8,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 7.952 | 213.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2545 TFLOPS | 6.832 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 96 |
| TMUs | 16 | 192 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 1.1 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 3 MB |
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 | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1502 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 288.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 5.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 September 2014 | 10 November 2015 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 250 Watt |
R5 Graphics has 1567% lower power consumption.
Tesla M40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 Graphics and Tesla M40. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R5 Graphics is a desktop graphics card while Tesla M40 is a workstation one.
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