NVIDIA Tesla K40m vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K40m and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA Tesla K40m

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K40m

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 667 MHz vs 375 MHz
Around 99% higher boost clock speed: 745 MHz vs 375 MHz
19.9x more texture fill rate: 178.8 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
144x more pipelines: 2880 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 512 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
18.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3143 vs 171

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 November 2013 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	667 MHz vs 375 MHz
Boost clock speed	745 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3143 vs 171

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

5.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 245 Watt
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 275 vs 184

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 245 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	275 vs 184

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K40m
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

184

275

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3143

171

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K40m	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Geekbench - OpenCL	19519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	68.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1884.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	310.472
PassMark - G2D Mark	184	275
PassMark - G3D Mark	3143	171

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K40m	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK110B	G71
Launch date	22 November 2013	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,699
Place in performance rating	596	598
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	745 MHz	375 MHz
Core clock speed	667 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,291 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2880	20
Texture fill rate	178.8 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	267 mm
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0