NVIDIA Tesla M6 vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M6 and AMD Radeon R9 290 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9390 vs 6300
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9390 vs 6300
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 August 2015 vs 5 November 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9390 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9390 vs 6300

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 113.3 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1536
  • Around 34% better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 371
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8313 vs 6284
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3683
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3683
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3260
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3260
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 947 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate 151.5 GTexel / s vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 1536
Floating-point performance 4,849 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 775 vs 371
PassMark - G3D Mark 8313 vs 6284
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3711 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3711 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3260

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M6
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
371
775
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6284
8313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9390
6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9390
6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
3354
Name NVIDIA Tesla M6 AMD Radeon R9 290
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 775
PassMark - G3D Mark 6284 8313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9390 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9390 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3260 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3260 3354
Geekbench - OpenCL 102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 540.645
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3685

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla M6 AMD Radeon R9 290

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name GM204 Hawaii
Launch date 30 August 2015 5 November 2013
Place in performance rating 356 347
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $399

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1180 MHz
Core clock speed 930 MHz 947 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,625 gflops 4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1536 2560
Texture fill rate 113.3 GTexel / s 151.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB / s 320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)