NVIDIA Tesla M6 vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M6 and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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 X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 650 MHz
10.9x more texture fill rate: 113.3 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz
41.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6284 vs 151

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6284 vs 151

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 466 vs 371

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	466 vs 371

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M6
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

466

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6284

151

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M6	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	466
PassMark - G3D Mark	6284	151
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 X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	R500
Code name	GM204	R580+
Launch date	30 August 2015	10 September 2006
Place in performance rating	356	328
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	384 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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4