NVIDIA Tesla M6 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M6 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Tesla M6

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 113.3 GTexel / s vs 109 billion / sec
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 148 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
716x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 19 September 2014
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s vs 109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 148 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 8% higher pipelines: 1664 vs 1536
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 371
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9636 vs 6284
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 9390
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 9390
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3260
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3260

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 930 MHz
Pipelines	1664 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 371
PassMark - G3D Mark	9636 vs 6284
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499 vs 9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499 vs 9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 3260

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M6
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

768

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6284

9636

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9390

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9390

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3683

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3683

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3260

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3260

3340

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M6	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	768
PassMark - G3D Mark	6284	9636
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9390	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9390	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3260	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3260	3340
Geekbench - OpenCL		28478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		489.884
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3626

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M6	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM204	GM204
Launch date	30 August 2015	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	359	362
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops	3,920 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	1664
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s	109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	148 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1664
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pins
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		4x
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround