NVIDIA Tesla M6 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M6 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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 Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 743 MHz
9.5x more texture fill rate: 113.3 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 320
7.6x better floating-point performance: 3,625 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 215 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1656 MHz
9.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6226 vs 660

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6226 vs 660

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 397 vs 319

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	397 vs 319

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M6
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

319

397

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6226

660

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M6	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	319	397
PassMark - G3D Mark	6226	660
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 Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	R600
Launch date	30 August 2015	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	386	388
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1536	320
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 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		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3