Tesla M4 vs GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1461not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.13no data
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameNV36GM206
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date23 October 2003 (21 year ago)10 November 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 coresno data1024
Core clock speed475 MHz872 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1072 MHz
Number of transistors82 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)46 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate1.90068.61
Floating-point processing powerno data2.195 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs464

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 3.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno 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 typeGDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed453 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.5 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 October 2003 10 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 46 Watt 50 Watt

FX 5700 Ultra has 8.7% lower power consumption.

Tesla M4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5700 Ultra and Tesla M4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5700 Ultra is a desktop card while Tesla M4 is a workstation one.


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