NVIDIA Tesla M60 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M60 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 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 M60

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M60

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
28x more texture fill rate: 2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 76.8 billion / sec
16x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2x 128
12.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,833 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1000 MHz
9.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7551 vs 798

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 18 March 2008
Texture fill rate	2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 76.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 2x 128
Floating-point performance	2x 4,833 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7551 vs 798

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

2.7x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 557 MHz
Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 197 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 518 vs 513
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3238 vs 1791
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3238 vs 1791

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 557 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	197 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	518 vs 513
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238 vs 1791
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238 vs 1791

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M60
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7551

798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

513

518

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1791

3238

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1791

3238

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M60	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	7551	798
PassMark - G2D Mark	513	518
Geekbench - OpenCL	29295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	114.389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1451.124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	314.404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1791	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1791	3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M60	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GM204	G92
Launch date	30 August 2015	18 March 2008
Place in performance rating	488	489
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	557 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,833 gflops	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	2x 128
Texture fill rate	2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	76.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	197 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	754 million
CUDA cores		256 (128 per GPU)
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options		Quad
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.4 GB / s	128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI