NVIDIA Tesla M6 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M6 and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 110 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
30.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6226 vs 202

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6226 vs 202

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Around 87% higher texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 319

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	413 vs 319

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M6
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

319

413

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6226

202

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M6	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G2D Mark	319	413
PassMark - G3D Mark	6226	202
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	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM204	G71
Launch date	30 August 2015	5 June 2006
Place in performance rating	386	389
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	278 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
Length		270 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3