NVIDIA GRID M40 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M40 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 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, 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 GT 630

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 810 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
3x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.064 vs 6.498
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 576.664 vs 140.06
Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.529 vs 9.613
7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 87.629 vs 12.49

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 15 May 2012
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 810 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064 vs 6.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664 vs 140.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.529 vs 9.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	87.629 vs 12.49

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M40
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.064

6.498

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

576.664

140.06

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.529

9.613

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.629

12.49

Name	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064	6.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664	140.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.529	9.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	87.629	12.49
PassMark - G3D Mark		676
PassMark - G2D Mark		219
Geekbench - OpenCL		2448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.502
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2073
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		170

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Fermi
Code name	GM107	GF108
Launch date	18 May 2016	15 May 2012
Place in performance rating	1433	1436
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.99
Price now		$99.21
Value for money (0-100)		8.89
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	810 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	585 million
Floating-point performance		311.0 gflops
Pipelines		96
Texture fill rate		12.96 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		145 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1800 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		DDR3