Tesla M4 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Super

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking162not rated
Place by popularity8not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation58.55no data
Power efficiency18.14no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameTU116GM206
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date29 October 2019 (5 years ago)10 November 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores14081024
Core clock speed1530 MHz872 MHz
Boost clock speed1785 MHz1072 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate157.168.61
Floating-point processing power5.027 TFLOPS2.195 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8864

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s88 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

NVENC+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA7.55.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 October 2019 10 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 1660 Super has an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

Tesla M4, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Super and Tesla M4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Super is a desktop card while Tesla M4 is a workstation one.


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