GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs Tesla M40 24 GB

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Aggregated performance score

Tesla M40 24 GB
2015
24 GB GDDR5
26.92

GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms Tesla M40 24 GB by an impressive 99% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking18740
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation32.71no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGM200GN21-X11
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date10 November 2015 (8 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$250 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores30729728
Boost clock speed1112 MHz2040 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate213.5515.3

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Tesla M40 24 GB and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6 GB/s20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s576.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA5.28.9

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD90−95
−102%
182
+102%
1440p65−70
−109%
136
+109%
4K40−45
−115%
86
+115%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 26.92 53.46
Recency 10 November 2015 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt

The GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla M40 24 GB in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla M40 24 GB is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is a notebook one.


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