NVIDIA Tesla M60 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M60 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M60

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 1127 MHz
  • 41.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 51.84 GTexel / s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1536
  • 5.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,833 gflops vs 1,659 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7927 vs 7352
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 549 vs 499
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26889 vs 21639
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 114.389 vs 92.634
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1451.124 vs 1146.534
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.266 vs 6.776
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 70.038 vs 18.431
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 314.404 vs 308.42
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 August 2015 vs 7 October 2014
Boost clock speed 1178 MHz vs 1127 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 51.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance 2x 4,833 gflops vs 1,659 gflops
Maximum memory size 2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7927 vs 7352
PassMark - G2D Mark 549 vs 499
Geekbench - OpenCL 26889 vs 21639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 114.389 vs 92.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1451.124 vs 1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.266 vs 6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 70.038 vs 18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 314.404 vs 308.42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

  • Around 86% higher core clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 557 MHz
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10572 vs 8663
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 886
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 1791
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10572 vs 8663
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 886
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 1791
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1038 MHz vs 557 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10572 vs 8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 vs 886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10572 vs 8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 vs 886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 1791

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M60
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7927
7352
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
549
499
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
26889
21639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
114.389
92.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1451.124
1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.266
6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
70.038
18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
314.404
308.42
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8663
10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
886
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1791
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8663
10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
886
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1791
3342
Name NVIDIA Tesla M60 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
PassMark - G3D Mark 7927 7352
PassMark - G2D Mark 549 499
Geekbench - OpenCL 26889 21639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 114.389 92.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1451.124 1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.266 6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 70.038 18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 314.404 308.42
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8663 10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 886 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1791 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8663 10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 886 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1791 3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2942

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla M60 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name GM204 GM204
Launch date 30 August 2015 7 October 2014
Place in performance rating 466 450
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1178 MHz 1127 MHz
Core clock speed 557 MHz 1038 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 4,833 gflops 1,659 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2x 2048 1536
Texture fill rate 2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 51.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 5,200 million
CUDA cores 1536

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 1

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 160.4 GB / s 160 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI