Tesla M40 vs FirePro S7150

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro S7150 and Tesla M40, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro S7150
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
9.78

Tesla M40 outperforms S7150 by a whopping 178% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking459204
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.59no data
Power efficiency4.477.45
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameTongaGM200
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 February 2016 (8 years ago)10 November 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores20483072
Core clock speed920 MHz948 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1112 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate117.8213.5
Floating-point processing power3.768 TFLOPS6.832 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs128192

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 3.0 x16
Length241 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s288.4 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-5.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

FirePro S7150 9.78
Tesla M40 27.16
+178%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

FirePro S7150 3770
Tesla M40 10465
+178%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.78 27.16
Recency 1 February 2016 10 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt

FirePro S7150 has an age advantage of 2 months, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Tesla M40, on the other hand, has a 177.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Tesla M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro S7150 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Community ratings

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