NVIDIA Tesla M40 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M40 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Tesla M40

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1114 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 213.9 GTexel / s vs 176 billion / sec
Around 9% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2816
Around 13% better floating-point performance: 6,844 gflops vs 6,060 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
858.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 183.81 vs 145.843
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2637.997 vs 1722.98
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.059 vs 11.661
4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 160.359 vs 37.16

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2015 vs 2 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s vs 176 billion / sec
Pipelines	3072 vs 2816
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops vs 6,060 gflops
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	183.81 vs 145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2637.997 vs 1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.059 vs 11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	160.359 vs 37.16

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 948 MHz
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 42988 vs 39184
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 852 vs 437
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13758 vs 10220
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 788.464 vs 688.388

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 948 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	42988 vs 39184
PassMark - G2D Mark	852 vs 437
PassMark - G3D Mark	13758 vs 10220
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	788.464 vs 688.388

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M40
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39184

42988

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

437

852

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10220

13758

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

183.81

145.843

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2637.997

1722.98

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.059

11.661

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

160.359

37.16

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688.388

788.464

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M40	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL	39184	42988
PassMark - G2D Mark	437	852
PassMark - G3D Mark	10220	13758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	183.81	145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2637.997	1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.059	11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	160.359	37.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	688.388	788.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1321

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M40	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM200	GM200
Launch date	10 November 2015	2 June 2015
Place in performance rating	260	310
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$679.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.43
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz	1075 MHz
Core clock speed	948 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops	6,060 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3072	2816
Texture fill rate	213.9 GTexel / s	176 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million	8,000 million
CUDA cores		2816
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	6-pin + 8-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		600 Watt
SLI options		4x
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB / s	336.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround