NVIDIA Tesla M6 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M6 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 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 980

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M6

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 165 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
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 165 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 980

Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1216 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 37% better floating-point performance: 4,981 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 798 vs 371
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11128 vs 6284
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9566 vs 9390
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9566 vs 9390
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 3260
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 3260

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 113.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	4,981 gflops vs 3,625 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	798 vs 371
PassMark - G3D Mark	11128 vs 6284
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9566 vs 9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9566 vs 9390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335 vs 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335 vs 3260

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M6
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

798

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6284

11128

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9390

9566

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9390

9566

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3683

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3683

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3260

3335

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3260

3335

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M6	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	798
PassMark - G3D Mark	6284	11128
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9390	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9390	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3260	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3260	3335
Geekbench - OpenCL		33505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		477.015
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M6	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM204	GM204
Launch date	30 August 2015	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	356	358
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Price now		$605.06
Value for money (0-100)		21.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz	1216 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,625 gflops	4,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2048
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel / s	144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		2048
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
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support		1
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		1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.2
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
BatteryBoost
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Surround