NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB vs NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB and NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB

NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 1190 MHz vs 722 MHz
4.8x more texture fill rate: 331.5 GTexel / s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1536
4.8x better floating-point performance: 10,609 gflops vs 2,218 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB

Launch date	20 June 2016 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed	1190 MHz vs 722 MHz
Texture fill rate	331.5 GTexel / s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	10,609 gflops vs 2,218 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
3.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1430 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1430 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Name	NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	77889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	205.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4198.719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	218.069
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	940.599
PassMark - G2D Mark		556
PassMark - G3D Mark		3568

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GP100	GM204
Launch date	20 June 2016	30 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,599
Place in performance rating	191	194
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1329 MHz
Core clock speed	1190 MHz	722 MHz
Floating-point performance	10,609 gflops	2,218 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3584	1536
Texture fill rate	331.5 GTexel / s	69.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	15,300 million	5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	720.9 GB / s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1430 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5