Tesla M2075 vs GeForce GTX 480

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking431not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.59no data
Power efficiency2.97no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF100GF110
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date26 March 2010 (14 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 $2,399

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 cores480448
Core clock speed700 MHz574 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt200 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate42.0632.14
Floating-point processing power1.345 TFLOPS1.028 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs6056

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 support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm248 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options+-

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 amount1536 MB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1848 MHz (3696 data rate)783 MHz
Memory bandwidth177.4 GB/s150.3 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 March 2010 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 200 Watt

Tesla M2075 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 480 and Tesla M2075. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 480 is a desktop card while Tesla M2075 is a workstation one.


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