NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs NVIDIA Tesla M6

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 62% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1180 MHz
  • Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 123.0 GTexel / s vs 113.3 GTexel / s
  • Around 9% better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9771 vs 6172
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 772 vs 339
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10566 vs 9390
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3338 vs 3260
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10566 vs 9390
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3338 vs 3260
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 August 2016 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.0 GTexel / s vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9771 vs 6172
PassMark - G2D Mark 772 vs 339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10566 vs 9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3697 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3338 vs 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10566 vs 9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3697 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3338 vs 3260

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1152
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
Pipelines 1536 vs 1152
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 3 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla M6

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9771
6172
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
772
339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10566
9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3697
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3338
3260
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10566
9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3697
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3338
3260
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB NVIDIA Tesla M6
PassMark - G3D Mark 9771 6172
PassMark - G2D Mark 772 339
Geekbench - OpenCL 32348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10566 9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3697 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3338 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10566 9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3697 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3338 3260
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3856

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB NVIDIA Tesla M6

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Code name GP106 GM204
Launch date 18 August 2016 30 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 371 372
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1708 MHz 1180 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops 3,625 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1152 1536
Texture fill rate 123.0 GTexel / s 113.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 5,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5