NVIDIA Tesla M6 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M6 and ATI FireGL V8600 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).

NVIDIA Tesla M6

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 688 MHz
10.3x more texture fill rate: 113.3 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 320
8.2x better floating-point performance: 3,625 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 159 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1736 MHz
7.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6284 vs 839

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 159 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6284 vs 839

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 406 vs 371

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	406 vs 371

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M6
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

406

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6284

839

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M6	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	406
PassMark - G3D Mark	6284	839
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M6	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	R600
Launch date	30 August 2015	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	356	363
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1536	320
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4