NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
VS
Tesla M4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
VS
Tesla M4

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and Tesla M4. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

114
Place in performance rating
not rated
56.16
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Maxwell
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
GM204
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
19 September 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
10 November 2015 (6 years ago)
$549
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$503 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$500
25.30
Value for money
no data
GM204
GPU code name
GM206
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and Tesla M4 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
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no data
Core clock speed
872 MHz
1216 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
5,200 million
Transistor count
no data
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
165 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
144 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
68.61
4,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,195 gflops
2048
CUDA cores
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2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1216 MHz
Boost clock speed
1072 MHz
5,200 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
165 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and Tesla M4.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
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2x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
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+
SLI options
no data
500 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
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PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and Tesla M4 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
7.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
5500 MHz
224 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
88 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and Tesla M4, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
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4 displays
Multi monitor support
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+
HDCP
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data
+
VGA аnalog display support
no data
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and Tesla M4 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
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2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
5.2
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and Tesla M4. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and Tesla M4 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 or Tesla M4 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Tesla M4
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Tesla M4
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Tesla M4
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Tesla M4
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Tesla M4
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

51.75% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (224 GB/s vs 88 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of Tesla M4

Cheaper ($500 vs $503 (0.9x MSRP))

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 or Tesla M4?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 versus Tesla M4 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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