Tesla M6 vs GeForce 6800

Place in the ranking	1351	348
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	11.07
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	NV41	GM204
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	8 November 2004 (20 years ago)	30 August 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99	no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	1536
Core clock speed	325 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1180 MHz
Number of transistors	190 million	5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.900	113.3
Floating-point processing power	no data	3.625 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	12	96

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	1-slot	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	300 MHz	1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB/s	160.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	3.0	6.4
OpenGL	2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	5.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GeForce 6800 0.25

Tesla M6 13.93
+5472%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 6800 112

Tesla M6 6226
+5459%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.25	13.93
Recency	8 November 2004	30 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	130 nm	28 nm

Tesla M6 has a 5472% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Tesla M6 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6800 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 6800 is a desktop card while Tesla M6 is a workstation one.