Tesla M4 vs GeForce GTX TITAN

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking258not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.28no data
Power efficiency5.83no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGK110GM206
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date19 February 2013 (11 years ago)10 November 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores26881024
Core clock speed837 MHz872 MHz
Boost clock speed876 MHz1072 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate196.268.61
Floating-point processing power4.709 TFLOPS2.195 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs22464

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384-bit GDDR5128 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s88 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA+5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 February 2013 10 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 50 Watt

GTX TITAN has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Tesla M4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX TITAN and Tesla M4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX TITAN is a desktop card while Tesla M4 is a workstation one.


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