Tesla T4 vs GRID M40
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GRID M40 and Tesla T4, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Tesla T4 outperforms GRID M40 by a whopping 559% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 675 | 198 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2018) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | TU104 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 May 2016 (8 years ago) | 13 September 2018 (5 years ago) |
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 cores | 384 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 1033 MHz | 585 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1590 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 13,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 70 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 33.06 | 254.4 |
| Floating-point performance | 0.7933 gflops | 8.141 gflops |
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 | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5200 MHz | 10000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 83.2 GB/s | 320.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 5.0 | 7.5 |
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 | 4.26 | 28.08 |
| Recency | 18 May 2016 | 13 September 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 70 Watt |
GRID M40 has 40% lower power consumption.
Tesla T4, on the other hand, has a 559.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
The Tesla T4 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M40 in performance tests.
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