GeForce RTX 4090 Ti vs Tesla M40 24 GB
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 205 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 66 |
| Power efficiency | 7.41 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | GM200 | AD102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 November 2015 (9 years ago) | 2023 (1 year 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 | 18176 |
| Core clock speed | 948 MHz | 2325 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1112 MHz | 2565 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 600 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 213.5 | 1,457 |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.832 TFLOPS | 93.24 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 192 |
| TMUs | 192 | 568 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 568 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 142 |
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 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 336 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 8-pin EPS | 2x 16-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.4 GB/s | 1.15 TB/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 | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 600 Watt |
Tesla M40 24 GB has 140% lower power consumption.
RTX 4090 Ti, on the other hand, has a 460% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Tesla M40 24 GB and GeForce RTX 4090 Ti. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla M40 24 GB is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4090 Ti is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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