NVIDIA GRID M40 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M40 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 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.

NVIDIA GRID M40

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
10.8x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 500 MHz

Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 6 June 2006
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M40
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Name	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
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		43
PassMark - G2D Mark		97

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM107	NV44 A2
Launch date	18 May 2016	6 June 2006
Place in performance rating	1418	1415
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$27.99
Price now		$61.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	75 million
Texture fill rate		1.1 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	500 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		DDR