NVIDIA GRID M40 vs NVIDIA Tesla M40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M40 and NVIDIA Tesla M40 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GRID M40

NVIDIA Tesla M40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 10 November 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 948 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1114 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5400 MHz
6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 183.81 vs 28.064
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2637.997 vs 576.664
8.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 160.359 vs 18.529
7.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 688.388 vs 87.629

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	948 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 5400 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	183.81 vs 28.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2637.997 vs 576.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	160.359 vs 18.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	688.388 vs 87.629

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M40
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M40

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.064

183.81

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

576.664

2637.997

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.529

160.359

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.629

688.388

Name	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA Tesla M40
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064	183.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664	2637.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.529	160.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	87.629	688.388
Geekbench - OpenCL		39184
PassMark - G2D Mark		437
PassMark - G3D Mark		10220
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		13.059

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA Tesla M40
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM107	GM200
Launch date	18 May 2016	10 November 2015
Place in performance rating	1418	260
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1114 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	948 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	8,000 million
Floating-point performance		6,844 gflops
Pipelines		3072
Texture fill rate		213.9 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
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	6008 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		12 GB
Memory bandwidth		288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5