NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA Tesla M40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 59% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 948 MHz
  • Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 1683 MHz vs 1114 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13504 vs 10220
  • Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 847 vs 437
  • Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47476 vs 39184
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 710.366 vs 688.388
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 June 2016 vs 10 November 2015
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 948 MHz
Boost clock speed 1683 MHz vs 1114 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13504 vs 10220
PassMark - G2D Mark 847 vs 437
Geekbench - OpenCL 47476 vs 39184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 710.366 vs 688.388

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

  • Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 213.9 GTexel / s vs 202.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 1920
  • Around 6% better floating-point performance: 6,844 gflops vs 6,463 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • 751x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 8 GB/s
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 183.81 vs 150.951
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2637.997 vs 1718.593
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.059 vs 12.283
  • 5.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 160.359 vs 28.289
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 213.9 GTexel / s vs 202.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3072 vs 1920
Floating-point performance 6,844 gflops vs 6,463 gflops
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 8 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 183.81 vs 150.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2637.997 vs 1718.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.059 vs 12.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 160.359 vs 28.289

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M40

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13504
10220
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
847
437
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
47476
39184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
150.951
183.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1718.593
2637.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.283
13.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.289
160.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
710.366
688.388
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) NVIDIA Tesla M40
PassMark - G3D Mark 13504 10220
PassMark - G2D Mark 847 437
Geekbench - OpenCL 47476 39184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 150.951 183.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1718.593 2637.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.283 13.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.289 160.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 710.366 688.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1082

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) NVIDIA Tesla M40

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Code name GP104 GM200
Launch date 10 June 2016 10 November 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $379
Place in performance rating 288 260
Price now $359.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 45.72

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1683 MHz 1114 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 948 MHz
CUDA cores 1920
Floating-point performance 6,463 gflops 6,844 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 1920 3072
Texture fill rate 202.0 GTexel / s 213.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 8,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI No outputs
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width 2-slot

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB / s 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 8 GB/s 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality