NVIDIA Tesla M40 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M40 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI 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, 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 SLI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 948 MHz vs 575 MHz
4x more pipelines: 3072 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2x2 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Launch date	10 November 2015 vs 6 January 2011
Core clock speed	948 MHz vs 575 MHz
Pipelines	3072 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2x2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M40	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
Geekbench - OpenCL	39184
PassMark - G2D Mark	437
PassMark - G3D Mark	10220
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 SLI
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GM200	N11E-GTX-A1
Launch date	10 November 2015	6 January 2011
Place in performance rating	260	not rated
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz
Core clock speed	948 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	3072	768
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2x2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0