AMD Radeon R9 M485X vs NVIDIA Tesla M6

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M485X and NVIDIA Tesla M6 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

NVIDIA Tesla M6

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 417 vs 371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 30 August 2015
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	417 vs 371

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 723 MHz
Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 113.3 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 22% better floating-point performance: 3,625 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6284 vs 3661

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6284 vs 3661

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M485X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M6

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

371

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3661

6284

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	NVIDIA Tesla M6
PassMark - G2D Mark	417	371
PassMark - G3D Mark	3661	6284
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3260

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M485X	NVIDIA Tesla M6
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Amethyst	GM204
Launch date	15 May 2016	30 August 2015
Place in performance rating	272	356
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	930 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	3,625 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1536
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	113.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	5,200 million
Boost clock speed		1180 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
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