Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q vs Tesla M40

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla M40 with Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q, including specs and performance data.

Tesla M40
2015
12 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
26.87
+24.3%

Tesla M40 outperforms RTX 3000 Max-Q by a significant 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking186236
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation84.86no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameGM200N19E-Q1 MAX-Q
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date10 November 2015 (8 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price$101 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores30721920
Core clock speed948 MHz600 - 870 MHz
Boost clock speed1112 MHz1215 - 1380 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt60 - 70 Watt
Texture fill rate213.5175.0
Floating-point performance6,844 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Tesla M40 and Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSNone

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 amount12 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed6 GB/s14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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
G-SYNC supportno data+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.76.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.2.131
CUDA5.27.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

Tesla M40 26.87
+24.3%
RTX 3000 Max-Q 21.62

Tesla M40 outperforms Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q by 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Tesla M40 10376
+24.3%
RTX 3000 Max-Q 8349

Tesla M40 outperforms Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q by 24% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD90−95
+20%
75
−20%
1440p55−60
+17%
47
−17%
4K35−40
+16.7%
30
−16.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+14.3%
35−40
−14.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+19%
40−45
−19%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+16.7%
60
−16.7%
Battlefield 5 85−90
+19.7%
70−75
−19.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+23.1%
65
−23.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+14.3%
35−40
−14.3%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+20%
50−55
−20%
Far Cry New Dawn 70−75
+22.8%
55−60
−22.8%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+23.7%
95−100
−23.7%
Hitman 3 100−105
+13.6%
88
−13.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−105
+17.6%
85−90
−17.6%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+19.7%
70−75
−19.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+23.4%
77
−23.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+18.1%
70−75
−18.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+21.4%
70
−21.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+19%
40−45
−19%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
+20%
50
−20%
Battlefield 5 85−90
+19.7%
70−75
−19.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
+18.6%
59
−18.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+14.3%
35−40
−14.3%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+20%
50−55
−20%
Far Cry New Dawn 70−75
+22.8%
55−60
−22.8%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+23.7%
95−100
−23.7%
Hitman 3 75−80
+21%
62
−21%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−105
+17.6%
85−90
−17.6%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+19.7%
70−75
−19.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
+18.1%
72
−18.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+18.1%
70−75
−18.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 120−130
+23.7%
97
−23.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+17.2%
60−65
−17.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+19%
40−45
−19%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
+13.6%
44
−13.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55−60
+22.2%
45
−22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+14.3%
35−40
−14.3%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+20%
50−55
−20%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+23.7%
95−100
−23.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−105
+17.6%
85−90
−17.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+18.1%
70−75
−18.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+15.4%
52
−15.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+21.2%
33
−21.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+21.2%
66
−21.2%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
+22%
40−45
−22%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+13.6%
40−45
−13.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+22.7%
21−24
−22.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+20%
20−22
−20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55−60
+17%
47
−17%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+23.1%
12−14
−23.1%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+21.6%
35−40
−21.6%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+19%
40−45
−19%
Hitman 3 30−33
+15.4%
24−27
−15.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+13.6%
40−45
−13.6%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+22%
40−45
−22%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+19.6%
45−50
−19.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
+20%
24−27
−20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+20%
14−16
−20%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+17%
47
−17%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+14.3%
21−24
−14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+23.5%
16−18
−23.5%
Hitman 3 27−30
+12.5%
24
−12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+12.5%
24−27
−12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+14.3%
21
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+17.6%
34
−17.6%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+23.1%
12−14
−23.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+10.5%
19
−10.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+12.5%
16
−12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+16.7%
30−33
−16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+12.5%
24−27
−12.5%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+14.3%
21−24
−14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+16.7%
12
−16.7%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+12.5%
24
−12.5%

This is how Tesla M40 and RTX 3000 Max-Q compete in popular games:

  • Tesla M40 is 20% faster in 1080p
  • Tesla M40 is 17% faster in 1440p
  • Tesla M40 is 17% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 26.87 21.62
Recency 10 November 2015 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 60 Watt

The Tesla M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla M40 is a workstation card while Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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