Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs Tesla M40

Place in the ranking	202	191
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.56	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	GM200	Vega 10
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	10 November 2015 (9 years ago)	19 March 2019 (5 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 cores	3072	3072
Core clock speed	948 MHz	1200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1112 MHz	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	8,000 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	213.5	249.6
Floating-point processing power	6.832 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	64
TMUs	192	192

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	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	786 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	402.4 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.1.125
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.

Tesla M40 27.13

Pro Vega 48 29.29
+8%

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.

Tesla M40 10465

Pro Vega 48 11299
+8%

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	27.13	29.29
Recency	10 November 2015	19 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm

Tesla M40 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Pro Vega 48, on the other hand, has a 8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Tesla M40 and Radeon Pro Vega 48.

Be aware that Tesla M40 is a workstation card while Radeon Pro Vega 48 is a mobile workstation one.

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