GeForce GTX 260 OEM vs Tesla M40

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking204not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.44no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGM200GT200B
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date10 November 2015 (9 years ago)8 December 2009 (15 years ago)

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 cores3072192
Core clock speed948 MHz518 MHz
Boost clock speed1112 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,000 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt182 Watt
Texture fill rate213.533.15
Floating-point processing power6.832 TFLOPS0.4147 TFLOPS
ROPs9628
TMUs19264

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS2x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount12 GB1792 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit448 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s112.9 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.74.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL3.01.1
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA5.21.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2015 8 December 2009
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 1792 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 182 Watt

Tesla M40 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 585.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 260 OEM, on the other hand, has 37.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M40 and GeForce GTX 260 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla M40 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 260 OEM is a desktop one.


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