AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE vs NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB Comparison

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE than the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB in the recorded OpenCL benchmark?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE scores 109,309 points in Geekbench OpenCL, while the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB scores 37,439 points. This gives the AMD card a 192% advantage over the Tesla M40.

Q: Which GPU has the higher transistor density?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE, built on TSMC's 4 nm process, packs 151.0 million transistors per square millimeter. The NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB, on a 28 nm process, has a density of just 13.3 million transistors per square millimeter.

Q: Does the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB support ray tracing?

A: No. The Tesla M40 has no RT cores listed in the database. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE includes 48 RT cores as part of its RDNA 4.0 architecture.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference between the two cards?

A: The AMD card has 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus with 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA card has 24 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus with 288.4 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: Which GPU holds a higher percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE sits at the 87th percentile, while the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB is at the 83rd percentile.

Q: What are the production statuses of these two cards?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE is listed as Active production, released on May 7, 2025. The NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB is End-of-life, released on November 9, 2015, with the Tesla Pascal generation as its successor.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE and the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB represent two very different eras of GPU design. The AMD card is built on RDNA 4.0 architecture using the Navi 48 chip, fabricated on a 4 nm process at TSMC. The Tesla M40 relies on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture with the GM200 chip, produced on a 28 nm process, also at TSMC. The process gap is enormous: 4 nm versus 28 nm, which explains the dramatic difference in transistor density. AMD packs 53,900 million transistors into a 357 mm² die, yielding 151.0M transistors per mm². NVIDIA's older design contains 8,000 million transistors spread across a much larger 601 mm² die, for a density of only 13.3M per mm².

Both cards feature the same count of shading units (3072) and the same number of texture mapping units (192) and render output units (96). However, the architectural execution differs completely. The RX 9070 GRE includes 48 dedicated RT cores for hardware ray tracing, a feature entirely absent from the Tesla M40. The AMD card also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the Tesla M40 tops out at DirectX 12 (12_1). Both support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4.

The memory subsystems reflect their respective generations. The RX 9070 GRE uses GDDR6 memory clocked at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) on a 192-bit bus, delivering 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Tesla M40 uses GDDR5 at 1502 MHz (6 Gbps effective) on a wider 384-bit bus, but only reaches 288.4 GB/s. The Tesla's larger 24 GB frame buffer contrasts with AMD's 12 GB, but the raw bandwidth advantage goes to the newer card. Clock speeds also tell the story: the RX 9070 GRE boosts to 2790 MHz with a base of 1420 MHz and a game clock of 2220 MHz, whereas the Tesla M40 operates at a base of 948 MHz and boosts to only 1112 MHz.

Process node, architecture, and clock speed combine to produce a massive throughput gap. The RX 9070 GRE delivers 34.28 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, while the Tesla M40 manages 6.832 TFLOPS. Pixel rate on the AMD card is 267.8 GPixel/s versus 106.8 GPixel/s on the NVIDIA card. Texture rate is 535.7 GTexel/s versus 213.5 GTexel/s. The AMD card also supports FP16 at a 1:1 ratio (34.28 TFLOPS), while the Tesla M40 has no listed FP16 capability. The interface differences are equally stark: PCIe 5.0 x16 on the RX 9070 GRE versus PCIe 3.0 x16 on the Tesla M40. Display outputs differ completely as well: the AMD card offers 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1a, while the Tesla M40 has no display outputs at all, reflecting its compute-focused design.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE wins on essentially every measurable performance metric in the database. Its OpenCL score of 109,309 dwarfs the Tesla M40's 37,439, a 192% lead. The AMD card is also significantly ahead in raw compute throughput, memory bandwidth, pixel fill rate, and texture fill rate. For gaming, the RX 9070 GRE has the clear edge: it supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, includes RT cores, and has modern display outputs for connecting monitors directly. The 12 GB GDDR6 memory, while smaller in capacity, offers substantially higher bandwidth, which matters more for most workloads.

The NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB has its own niche, though it is narrower. Its 24 GB frame buffer is double the AMD card's capacity, which can be relevant for certain compute workloads that need to hold very large datasets in VRAM. The Tesla M40 also carries the Maxwell architecture legacy, and as a former compute accelerator, it was designed for server environments where display output is unnecessary. Its lower power draw of 250 W versus 220 W for the AMD card is actually higher, so efficiency is not a point in its favor, but the Tesla M40 remains usable in legacy compute pipelines. The 8-pin EPS power connector and 600 W suggested PSU reflect its server heritage.

For modern users, the RX 9070 GRE is the more versatile card. It covers gaming, content creation, and general compute with modern API support. The Tesla M40's advantages are limited to capacity-sensitive workloads and scenarios where its 24 GB of GDDR5 memory is the deciding factor. The database's head-to-head record confirms this: the RX 9070 GRE holds 1 win, while the Tesla M40 holds 0 wins.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every specification category. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE uses the Navi 48 chip on RDNA 4.0 architecture, while the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB uses GM200 on Maxwell 2.0. Process nodes are 4 nm versus 28 nm, both at TSMC. Transistor counts are 53,900 million versus 8,000 million, with die sizes of 357 mm² versus 601 mm². Transistor density is 151.0M per mm² versus 13.3M per mm².

Clock speeds differ substantially: the RX 9070 GRE has a base of 1420 MHz, boost of 2790 MHz, and game clock of 2220 MHz. The Tesla M40 has a base of 948 MHz and boost of 1112 MHz. Memory specs: 12 GB GDDR6 versus 24 GB GDDR5, 192-bit versus 384-bit bus, 432.0 GB/s versus 288.4 GB/s bandwidth, and memory clocks of 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) versus 1502 MHz (6 Gbps effective).

Compute rates: FP32 is 34.28 TFLOPS versus 6.832 TFLOPS. FP16 is 34.28 TFLOPS (1:1) on the AMD card, with no FP16 listed for the Tesla. Pixel rate is 267.8 GPixel/s versus 106.8 GPixel/s. Texture rate is 535.7 GTexel/s versus 213.5 GTexel/s. The RX 9070 GRE has 48 RT cores; the Tesla M40 has none. TDP is 220 W versus 250 W. Power connectors are 2x 8-pin versus 8-pin EPS. Suggested PSU is 550 W versus 600 W.

Interface and outputs: PCIe 5.0 x16 versus PCIe 3.0 x16. Display outputs are 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1a on the AMD card, versus no outputs on the Tesla. API support: DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) versus DirectX 12 (12_1), both with OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4. Physical dimensions show the Tesla M40 at 267 mm (10.5 inches) in length, while the RX 9070 GRE has no listed dimensions. Production status: Active versus End-of-life. Release dates: May 7, 2025 versus November 9, 2015. The Tesla M40's predecessor is Tesla Kepler and its successor is Tesla Pascal; the RX 9070 GRE's predecessor is Navi III.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records one shared benchmark between these two GPUs: Geekbench OpenCL. This is a decisive result. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE scores 109,309 points, while the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB scores 37,439 points. The delta is 192% in favor of the AMD card, meaning the RX 9070 GRE delivers nearly three times the OpenCL performance of the Tesla M40.

This OpenCL result aligns with the raw specification gap. The RX 9070 GRE's FP32 throughput of 34.28 TFLOPS is roughly five times the Tesla M40's 6.832 TFLOPS, and its memory bandwidth of 432.0 GB/s is about 50% higher than the Tesla's 288.4 GB/s. The 192% benchmark delta, while not matching the theoretical FP32 ratio, reflects real-world overheads, driver efficiency, and the specific workload characteristics of Geekbench OpenCL.

The Tesla M40 does have one indirect point in its favor from the nearest rivals data. Its average benchmark score of 41,707 places it close to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which scores 41,187, a 1.3% difference. The Tesla M40 also sits 2% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 and 2.4% behind the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE. These comparisons suggest that while the Tesla M40 is old, it still holds its own against some much newer mid-range cards in average benchmark terms.

The RX 9070 GRE, by contrast, has an average benchmark score of 57,367, which places it near the Intel Arc A580 (57,756, a 0.7% difference), the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM (58,085, 1.2% difference), the Intel Arc A570M (58,239, 1.5% difference), and the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (58,392, 1.8% difference). All of these rivals are within 2% of the RX 9070 GRE's average score, indicating a tight competitive cluster.

The head-to-head record is unambiguous: 1 win for the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE, 0 wins for the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB. The only shared test, Geekbench OpenCL, goes decisively to the newer card. For any workload represented by OpenCL compute, the RX 9070 GRE is the clear choice. The Tesla M40's remaining relevance lies in its 24 GB capacity and legacy compute roles, not in raw speed. The data shows a generational chasm that no amount of memory capacity can bridge.