AMD Radeon Pro 580 vs NVIDIA Tesla M40

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Combined performance score

Tesla M40
26.27
+31.3%

Tesla M40 outperforms Radeon Pro 580 by 31% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking188257
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money74.831.08
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGM200Polaris 20
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date10 November 2015 (8 years old)5 June 2017 (6 years old)
Current price$101 $5999
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Tesla M40 has 6829% better value for money than Pro 580.

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 cores30722304
Core clock speed948 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1112 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate213.5172.8
Floating-point performance6,844 gflops6,175 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 mm241 mm
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSNone

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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6 GB/s6780 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s217.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.76.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.31.2.131
CUDA5.2no data

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.

Tesla M40 26.27
+31.3%
Pro 580 20.01

Tesla M40 outperforms Radeon Pro 580 by 31% 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%

Tesla M40 10182
+31.3%
Pro 580 7753

Tesla M40 outperforms Radeon Pro 580 by 31% in Passmark.

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 26.27 20.01
Recency 10 November 2015 5 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt

The Tesla M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro 580 in performance tests.


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