NVIDIA Tesla M6 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M6 and AMD Radeon R9 280X 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6226 vs 6148
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 August 2015 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1180 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6226 vs 6148

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

  • Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 113.3 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
  • Around 13% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 676 vs 319
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9603 vs 9390
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9603 vs 9390
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3260
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3260
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 128.0 GTexel / s vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance 4,096 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 676 vs 319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9603 vs 9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9603 vs 9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3700 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3700 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3260

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M6
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
319
676
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6226
6148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9390
9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9390
9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
3357
Name NVIDIA Tesla M6 AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G2D Mark 319 676
PassMark - G3D Mark 6226 6148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9390 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9390 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3260 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3260 3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 493.57
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2351

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla M6 AMD Radeon R9 280X

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GM204 Tahiti
Launch date 30 August 2015 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 384 381
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1180 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,625 gflops 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1536 2048
Texture fill rate 113.3 GTexel / s 128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 4,313 million
Stream Processors 2048

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 275 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB / s 288 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)