NVIDIA GRID M40 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M40 and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID M40

NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm

Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M40
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Name	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	87.629
PassMark - G3D Mark		102
PassMark - G2D Mark		168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		329

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Tesla
Code name	GM107	C78
Launch date	18 May 2016	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1433	1431
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$22.68
Value for money (0-100)		5.26
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz