NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M vs NVIDIA Tesla M2070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA Tesla M2070 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

NVIDIA Tesla M2070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
7x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 225 Watt

Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 25 July 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 225 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070

Around 17% higher pipelines: 448 vs 384
2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,030.4 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 3132 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 12.145 vs 7.861
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 910.236 vs 275.972
Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.005 vs 0.727
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 46.235 vs 15.445
5.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 94.442 vs 17.381

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	448 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.145 vs 7.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	910.236 vs 275.972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.005 vs 0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	46.235 vs 15.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	94.442 vs 17.381

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M2070

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.861

12.145

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

275.972

910.236

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.727

1.005

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15.445

46.235

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17.381

94.442

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M	NVIDIA Tesla M2070
PassMark - G3D Mark	928
PassMark - G2D Mark	194
Geekbench - OpenCL	3192
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.861	12.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	275.972	910.236
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.727	1.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.445	46.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	17.381	94.442
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1476
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2580
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1476
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2580

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M	NVIDIA Tesla M2070
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK107	GF100
Launch date	22 March 2012	25 July 2011
Place in performance rating	1358	1359
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,099
Technical info
Boost clock speed	645 MHz
CUDA cores	384
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	1,030.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	448
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	3,100 million
Core clock speed		574 MHz
Texture fill rate		32.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		248 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3132 MHz
Memory type	DDR3\GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		150.3 GB / s
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus