NVIDIA GRID M40 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M40 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID M40

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 105 Watt
6.8x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 28 April 2008
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 930 MHz

Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 930 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M40
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Name	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
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		323
PassMark - G2D Mark		90
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2160

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Tesla
Code name	GM107	G92
Launch date	18 May 2016	28 April 2008
Place in performance rating	1418	1430
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$49.99
Price now		$49.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.43
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	754 million
CUDA cores		96
Floating-point performance		264 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Pipelines		96
Texture fill rate		26.4 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	800 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		384 MB
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		192 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA