Data Center GPU Flex 170 vs Tesla M40 24 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking205not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.41no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGM200DG2-512
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date10 November 2015 (9 years ago)24 August 2022 (2 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 cores30724096
Core clock speed948 MHz1950 MHz
Boost clock speed1112 MHz2050 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate213.5524.8
Floating-point processing power6.832 TFLOPS16.79 TFLOPS
ROPs96128
TMUs192256
Ray Tracing 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 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s512.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2015 24 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt

Tesla M40 24 GB has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Data Center GPU Flex 170, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M40 24 GB and Data Center GPU Flex 170. We've got no test results to judge.


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