NVIDIA GRID M40 vs NVIDIA GeForce 820M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M40 and NVIDIA GeForce 820M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GRID M40

NVIDIA GeForce 820M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 810 MHz
3x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1802 MHz
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.064 vs 7.765
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 576.664 vs 161.305
Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.529 vs 14.257
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 87.629 vs 22.768

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 21 March 2015
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 810 MHz
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1802 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064 vs 7.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664 vs 161.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.529 vs 14.257
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	87.629 vs 22.768

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 820M

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M40
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 820M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.064

7.765

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

576.664

161.305

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.529

14.257

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.629

22.768

Name	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA GeForce 820M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064	7.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664	161.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.529	14.257
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	87.629	22.768
PassMark - G3D Mark		495
PassMark - G2D Mark		113
Geekbench - OpenCL		2775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.686
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1195
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1447
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1195
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1447
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		847

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA GeForce 820M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kepler
Code name	GM107	GK107
Launch date	18 May 2016	21 March 2015
Place in performance rating	1473	1475
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	810 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,270 million
Floating-point performance		240.0 gflops
Pipelines		96
Texture fill rate		10 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1802 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers