Tesla M40 vs Quadro K620

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K620 and Tesla M40, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro K620
2014
2 GB 128-bit, 41 Watt
5.79

Tesla M40 outperforms K620 by a whopping 369% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking597204
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.61no data
Power efficiency8.827.44
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGM107GM200
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date22 July 2014 (10 years ago)10 November 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$189.89 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 cores3843072
Core clock speed1058 MHz948 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1112 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)41 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate26.98213.5
Floating-point processing power0.8632 TFLOPS6.832 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs24192

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length160 mm267 mm
Width1" (2.5 cm)2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-pin EPS

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 type128 BitGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 29 GB/s288.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Number of simultaneous displays4no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA5.05.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro K620 5.79
Tesla M40 27.16
+369%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro K620 2232
Tesla M40 10465
+369%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Quadro K620 6653
Tesla M40 31401
+372%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.79 27.16
Recency 22 July 2014 10 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 250 Watt

Quadro K620 has 509.8% lower power consumption.

Tesla M40, on the other hand, has a 369.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Tesla M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K620 in performance tests.


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