NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 732 MHz
  • 7.1x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 235 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 214 vs 198
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3615 vs 1032
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3615 vs 1032
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 12 November 2012
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 732 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 235 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 214 vs 198
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3615 vs 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3615 vs 1032

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

  • 9.1x more texture fill rate: 164.0 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • 7x more pipelines: 2688 vs 384
  • 4.6x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.6x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 2002 MHz
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4403 vs 1107
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7038 vs 3361
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7038 vs 3361
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 164.0 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2688 vs 384
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4403 vs 1107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7038 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7038 vs 3361

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1107
4403
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
214
198
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3615
1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3615
1032
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
7038
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
7038
Name NVIDIA GeForce 940A NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm
PassMark - G3D Mark 1107 4403
PassMark - G2D Mark 214 198
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3615 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3615 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 7038
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 7038
Geekbench - OpenCL 16879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1666.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 92.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 275.229

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 940A NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name GM108 GK110
Launch date 13 March 2015 12 November 2012
Place in performance rating 715 716
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $7,699

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 732 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 3,935 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 2688
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 164.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 235 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 249.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5