NVIDIA Tesla M40 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M40 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).

NVIDIA Tesla M40

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 948 MHz vs 384
5.8x more texture fill rate: 213.9 GTexel / s vs 36.8 billion / sec
8x more pipelines: 3072 vs 384
7.7x better floating-point performance: 6,844 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1500 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10465 vs 2360

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2015 vs 5 January 2011
Core clock speed	948 MHz vs 384
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s vs 36.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	3072 vs 384
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10465 vs 2360

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 479 vs 452

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	479 vs 452

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M40
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

452

479

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10465

2360

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M40	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
Geekbench - OpenCL	39179
PassMark - G2D Mark	452	479
PassMark - G3D Mark	10465	2360
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	183.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2637.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	160.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	688.388

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M40	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GM200	GF104
Launch date	10 November 2015	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	265	262
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz
Core clock speed	948 MHz	384
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops	883.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	3072	384
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s	36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB / s	96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI