AMD Radeon PRO V710 vs NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB Comparison

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Radeon PRO V710 compare to the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB in overall benchmark performance?

A: The database shows the AMD Radeon PRO V710 holds an average benchmark score of 58,657, placing it in the 88th percentile of all GPUs. The NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB scores 41,707 on average, landing in the 83rd percentile. The V710 sits within 0.2% of the NVIDIA P102-100 and 0.5% of the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, while the M40 is within 1.3% of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.

Q: Which GPU wins in OpenCL compute workloads?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO V710 dominates the OpenCL test with a score of 116,460 against the Tesla M40's 37,439. This represents a 211.1% advantage for the V710, making it more than three times faster in this specific compute benchmark.

Q: Does the Tesla M40 have any benchmark where it beats the V710?

A: No. In the head-to-head benchmark data, the V710 wins the only shared test (Geekbench OpenCL). The M40 does have an additional Vulkan score of 45,975, but no direct comparison exists for that test against the V710.

Q: What are the memory specifications of each card?

A: The V710 features 28 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 224-bit bus, delivering 504.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The M40 offers 24 GB of GDDR5 memory on a wider 384-bit bus, but its bandwidth is lower at 288.4 GB/s. The V710's memory clock runs at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) versus 1502 MHz (6 Gbps effective) for the M40.

Q: How do their power requirements differ?

A: The V710 has a TDP of 158 W with a single 8-pin power connector and a suggested PSU of 450 W. The M40 draws 250 W, uses a single 8-pin EPS connector, and requires a 600 W suggested PSU. The M40 is also a dual-slot card, while the V710 is single-slot.

Q: Which card is more recent and based on what architecture?

A: The V710 was released on October 2, 2024, using the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 32 chip (codename Wheat Nas). The M40 launched on November 9, 2015, based on Maxwell 2.0 with the GM200 chip and is marked as end-of-life. The V710 succeeds the Radeon Pro Vega, while the M40's predecessor is Tesla Kepler and its successor is Tesla Pascal.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon PRO V710 is the clear winner in raw compute throughput. Its FP32 performance reaches 27.65 TFLOPS, dwarfing the M40's 6.832 TFLOPS by a factor of four. The V710 also produces a pixel rate of 192.0 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 432.0 GTexel/s, compared to 106.8 GPixel/s and 213.5 GTexel/s for the M40. In the only shared benchmark, the V710's OpenCL score of 116,460 crushes the M40's 37,439, a 211.1% margin.

The M40 retains some relevance purely through legacy considerations. It was built for compute acceleration in datacenter environments circa 2015, and its 24 GB of GDDR5 memory remains substantial for certain large-model workloads. However, with a 28 nm process node and only 8,000 million transistors, the M40 is severely outdated. Its Vulkan score of 45,975 suggests it can still run modern API workloads, but the V710's architecture is fundamentally newer and more efficient on every measurable axis.

The V710 wins on memory bandwidth as well: 504.0 GB/s versus 288.4 GB/s. This advantage matters for memory-bound compute tasks like dense matrix operations or large dataset processing. In practical terms, the V710 should handle modern AI inference and rendering workloads with far greater headroom, while the M40 would struggle to saturate the same tasks given its lower bandwidth and compute ceilings.

Architecture Differences

The V710 uses AMD's RDNA 3.0 architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It packs 28,100 million transistors into a 346 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 81.2 million per mm². The chip, codenamed Wheat Nas, belongs to the Navi III generation and features 3,456 shading units, 216 TMUs, 96 ROPs, and 54 ray accelerators. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, and it runs on PCIe 4.0 x16.

The M40 relies on NVIDIA's Maxwell 2.0 architecture, built on a 28 nm process, also at TSMC. Its GM200 chip contains 8,000 million transistors on a larger 601 mm² die, giving a transistor density of just 13.3 million per mm². It has 3,072 shading units, 192 TMUs, and 96 ROPs, but no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The M40 supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, and it runs on PCIe 3.0 x16.

The architectural gap is stark. RDNA 3.0 brings modern features like ray tracing hardware, a unified shader pipeline optimized for current APIs, and significantly higher clock speeds. The V710's base clock is 1900 MHz with a boost of 2000 MHz, versus the M40's 948 MHz base and 1112 MHz boost. The process node difference alone (5 nm versus 28 nm) explains much of the efficiency gap: the V710 delivers over four times the FP32 throughput while consuming 92 W less power.

Specification Differences

| Specification | AMD Radeon PRO V710 | NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB |

|----------------|---------------------|------------------------|

| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |

| Process node | 5 nm | 28 nm |

| Transistors | 28,100 million | 8,000 million |

| Die size | 346 mm² | 601 mm² |

| Transistor density | 81.2M / mm² | 13.3M / mm² |

| Base clock | 1900 MHz | 948 MHz |

| Boost clock | 2000 MHz | 1112 MHz |

| Memory clock | 2250 MHz (18 Gbps) | 1502 MHz (6 Gbps) |

| Memory size | 28 GB | 24 GB |

| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |

| Memory bus width | 224 bit | 384 bit |

| Memory bandwidth | 504.0 GB/s | 288.4 GB/s |

| Shading units | 3456 | 3072 |

| TMUs | 216 | 192 |

| ROPs | 96 | 96 |

| Ray tracing cores | 54 | None |

| Pixel rate | 192.0 GPixel/s | 106.8 GPixel/s |

| Texture rate | 432.0 GTexel/s | 213.5 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 27.65 TFLOPS | 6.832 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 27.65 TFLOPS | Not specified |

| TDP | 158 W | 250 W |

| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |

| Power connector | 1x 8-pin | 8-pin EPS |

| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 600 W |

| Bus interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |

| Display outputs | No outputs | No outputs |

| Release date | 2024-10-02 | 2015-11-09 |

| Production status | Not specified | End-of-life |

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only direct benchmark comparison in the database is Geekbench OpenCL, and the result is lopsided. The AMD Radeon PRO V710 scores 116,460 against the NVIDIA Tesla M40's 37,439. The delta percentage of 211.1% means the V710 is roughly three times faster in this OpenCL compute workload. This aligns with the theoretical compute figures: the V710's FP32 rate of 27.65 TFLOPS versus the M40's 6.832 TFLOPS represents a 305% advantage, and the OpenCL result tracks that gap closely when accounting for memory bandwidth and driver overhead.

The V710 also wins decisively on memory bandwidth. At 504.0 GB/s, it offers 74.8% more bandwidth than the M40's 288.4 GB/s. For OpenCL workloads that are memory-bound, this bandwidth advantage compounds the compute lead. The M40's wider 384-bit bus cannot compensate for its much slower GDDR5 memory clock (1502 MHz versus 2250 MHz) and older memory technology.

The V710's pixel rate of 192.0 GPixel/s versus 106.8 GPixel/s for the M40 indicates better fill-rate performance, which matters for any rasterization or post-processing tasks. Its texture rate of 432.0 GTexel/s versus 213.5 GTexel/s doubles the M40's texture throughput. These figures suggest the V710 would handle graphics workloads far more effectively, though both cards lack display outputs, making them compute-focused accelerators.

In terms of ray tracing, the V710's 54 dedicated cores give it a feature the M40 lacks entirely. This makes the V710 suitable for modern rendering pipelines that incorporate ray-traced effects, while the M40 is limited to traditional rasterization and compute. The V710 also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), which includes features like mesh shaders and variable rate shading, whereas the M40 caps out at DirectX 12 (12_1).

The M40's only numerical advantages are its larger die size (601 mm² versus 346 mm²), wider memory bus (384 bit versus 224 bit), and higher TDP (250 W versus 158 W). None of these translate to performance wins. The wider bus gives the M40 more memory channels but with slower, lower-capacity GDDR5, the practical benefit is minimal. The V710 achieves better bandwidth with a narrower bus through faster memory technology and higher clocks.

The database's percentile rankings reflect the gap: the V710 sits at the 88th percentile of all GPUs, while the M40 is at the 83rd. The V710's nearest rivals include the NVIDIA P102-100 (0.2% ahead), AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (0.5% behind), and Intel Arc A570M (0.7% behind), showing it competes with modern mid-range and upper-mid-range cards. The M40's rivals include the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (1.3% ahead), Radeon Pro 5300 (2% behind), and RX 7650 GRE (2.4% ahead), placing it closer to older or lower-tier modern hardware.

The verdict is unambiguous. The AMD Radeon PRO V710 outperforms the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB across every measured dimension, with a 211.1% lead in the only shared benchmark. The M40 is a legacy product from 2015 with outdated architecture, lower clocks, less memory bandwidth, and nearly four times lower FP32 throughput. For any modern compute workload, the V710 is the superior choice by a wide margin.