NVIDIA Tesla M2090 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M2090 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX 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: 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla M2090

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M2090

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 36.4 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 512 vs 96
5.5x better floating-point performance: 1,331.2 gflops vs 240 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 3700 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	25 July 2011 vs 1 November 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,331.2 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3700 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M2090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M2090	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
Geekbench - OpenCL	13075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1127.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.33
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	119.136
PassMark - G3D Mark		462
PassMark - G2D Mark		175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2485

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M2090	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF110	G92
Launch date	25 July 2011	1 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1143	1145
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,331.2 gflops	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	512	96
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	754 million
CUDA cores		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	177.6 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3700 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI