Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta vs Tesla M40

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking204not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.45no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code nameGM200NV5 B5
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date10 November 2015 (9 years ago)22 March 1999 (25 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 cores3072no data
Core clock speed948 MHz100 MHz
Boost clock speed1112 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,000 million15 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Texture fill rate213.50.2
Floating-point processing power6.832 TFLOPSno data
ROPs962
TMUs1922

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 x16AGP 4x
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
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 typeGDDR5SDR
Maximum RAM amount12 GB16 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz133 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s1.064 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 VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)6.0
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2015 22 March 1999
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 250 nm

Tesla M40 has an age advantage of 16 years, a 76700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 792.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M40 and Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla M40 is a workstation graphics card while Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta is a desktop one.


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