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NVIDIA Tesla M40

The NVIDIA Tesla M40 is a workstation graphics card. It scores 10,220 in the PassMark G3D benchmark.

Workstation

1/10 key specs recorded · 23 facts

Depth: 12 recorded fields, 9 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 25, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix. Coverage: 1 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

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Boost clock

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Board power

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Performance

The NVIDIA Tesla M40 scores 10,220 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 89.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #291), measured across 20 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 437.

PassMark G3D Mark

10,220

Rank #291
Faster than 89.4% of 2,658 GPUs
20 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 149 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 83.9% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 59 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 79.7% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 84 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 81.6% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 40 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 74.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 3,749 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 78% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Tesla M40 averages DirectX 9 149 fps, DirectX 10 59 fps, DirectX 11 84 fps, DirectX 12 40 fps and GPU Compute 3,749 ops/s, across 20 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2021-05-26

Samples 20

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA Tesla M40 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Tesla M40 24GB, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

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Segment Data Center

Series Tesla

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 10,220

PassMark G2D 437

Rank #291

Samples 20

Media engine

The NVIDIA Tesla M40 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC). It does not support hardware encode for AV1 and decode for HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 5th Generation Encoder engines: 2NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 1st Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA Tesla M40
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: No; 10-bit: No; B-frames: No; 8K: No	Not supported
AV1	Not supported	Not supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Not supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA Tesla M40: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (5th Generation, encoder engines: 2) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (1st Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Frequently asked questions

How fast is the NVIDIA Tesla M40?

The NVIDIA Tesla M40 scores 10,220 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 89.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #291. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 40 fps.