Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition vs Tesla M40
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 258 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 7.51 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GM200 | Pitcairn |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 10 November 2015 (10 years ago) | 23 November 2014 (11 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 | 3072 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 948 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1112 MHz | 975 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 213.5 | 62.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.832 TFLOPS | 1.997 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 32 |
| TMUs | 192 | 64 |
| L1 Cache | 1.1 MB | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 3 MB | 512 KB |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 8-pin EPS | None |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 1365 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.4 GB/s | 174.7 GB/s |
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_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 November 2015 | 23 November 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 2 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 80 Watt |
Tesla M40 has an age advantage of 11 months, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.
R9 M290X Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 212.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Tesla M40 and Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla M40 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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