NVIDIA Tesla M6 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M6 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 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).

NVIDIA Tesla M6

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 669 MHz
2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 2x 320
4.2x better floating-point performance: 3,625 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 140 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1656 MHz
7.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6284 vs 822

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	1536 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6284 vs 822

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 86% higher texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 371

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 371

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M6
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

422

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6284

822

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M6	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	422
PassMark - G3D Mark	6284	822
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 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	RV670
Launch date	30 August 2015	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	357	344
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1536	2x 320
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3