NVIDIA Tesla M6 vs AMD FirePro W8100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M6 and AMD FirePro W8100 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 - 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), 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).

NVIDIA Tesla M6

AMD FirePro W8100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 824 MHz
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 220 Watt
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9390 vs 5494
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9390 vs 5494

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 23 June 2014
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 824 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 220 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9390 vs 5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9390 vs 5494

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 131.8 GTexel / s vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1536
Around 16% better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 717 vs 371
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7279 vs 6284
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3260
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3260

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	717 vs 371
PassMark - G3D Mark	7279 vs 6284
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 3260

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M6
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

717

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6284

7279

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9390

5494

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9390

5494

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3683

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3683

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3260

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3260

3349

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M6	AMD FirePro W8100
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	717
PassMark - G3D Mark	6284	7279
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9390	5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9390	5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3260	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3260	3349
Geekbench - OpenCL		34705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		93.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2333.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.816
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		112.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		440.107

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M6	AMD FirePro W8100
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM204	Hawaii
Launch date	30 August 2015	23 June 2014
Place in performance rating	357	386
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	824 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops	4,219 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2560
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s	131.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		279 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5