NVIDIA Tesla M6 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M6 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA Tesla M6

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 925 MHz
5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB

Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 925 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 3 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

18.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 113.3 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1536
2.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	2x 3,789 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M6
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M6	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	371
PassMark - G3D Mark	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
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M6	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	New Zealand
Launch date	30 August 2015	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	356	321
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops	2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	3x 8-pin
Length		292 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5