NVIDIA Tesla M60 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M60 and ATI FireGL V8600 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla M60

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M60

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
195.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 11.01 GTexel / s
12.8x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 320
22x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,833 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 1 GB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1736 MHz
9.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7927 vs 839
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 549 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Texture fill rate	2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2x 4,833 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7927 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	549 vs 406

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 688 MHz vs 557 MHz
Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 159 Watt vs 300 Watt

Core clock speed	688 MHz vs 557 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	159 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M60
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7927

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

549

406

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M60	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	7927	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	549	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	26801
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	114.389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1451.124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	314.404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1791

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M60	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	R600
Launch date	30 August 2015	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	466	363
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	557 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,833 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	320
Texture fill rate	2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.4 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4