Jetson Orin NX 8 GB vs Tesla M40

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking204not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.46no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM200GA10B
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date10 November 2015 (9 years ago)March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

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 cores30721024
Core clock speed948 MHz765 MHz
Boost clock speed1112 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate213.524.48
Floating-point processing power6.832 TFLOPS1.567 TFLOPS
ROPs9616
TMUs19232
Tensor Coresno data32

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s102.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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
CUDA5.28.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 20 Watt

Tesla M40 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Jetson Orin NX 8 GB, on the other hand, has a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 1150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M40 and Jetson Orin NX 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla M40 is a workstation card while Jetson Orin NX 8 GB is a notebook one.


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