NVIDIA Tesla M2070 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2070 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 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: 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 Tesla M2070

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2070

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
2.5x more texture fill rate: 32.2 GTexel / s vs 13.0 billion / sec
4.7x more pipelines: 448 vs 96
3.3x better floating-point performance: 1,030.4 gflops vs 311.04 gflops
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Around 96% higher memory clock speed: 3132 MHz vs 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 12.145 vs 6.139
5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 910.236 vs 171.053
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.005 vs 0.65
4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 46.235 vs 9.729
4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 94.442 vs 19.871

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 1 February 2011
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s vs 13.0 billion / sec
Pipelines	448 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops vs 311.04 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz vs 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.145 vs 6.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	910.236 vs 171.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.005 vs 0.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	46.235 vs 9.729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	94.442 vs 19.871

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

2.8x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 574 MHz
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 574 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.145

6.139

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

910.236

171.053

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.005

0.65

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

46.235

9.729

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

94.442

19.871

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2070	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.145	6.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	910.236	171.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.005	0.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	46.235	9.729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	94.442	19.871
PassMark - G3D Mark		775
PassMark - G2D Mark		233
Geekbench - OpenCL		2625
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3275
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3275

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2070	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Fermi
Code name	GF100	GF108
Launch date	25 July 2011	1 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,099	$79
Place in performance rating	1336	1337
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$69.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.03
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	1620 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,030.4 gflops	311.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	448	96
Texture fill rate	32.2 GTexel / s	13.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	585 million
CUDA cores		96
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGADual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	150.3 GB / s	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3132 MHz	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA