Tesla M6 vs GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

Place in the ranking	427	330
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.25	no data
Power efficiency	3.01	11.35
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GK110B	GM204
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	10 September 2013 (11 years ago)	30 August 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	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 cores	2304	1536
Core clock speed	863 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	902 MHz	1180 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	173.2	113.3
Floating-point processing power	4.156 TFLOPS	3.625 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	64
TMUs	192	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 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.126
CUDA	3.5	5.2

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	10.78	16.29
Recency	10 September 2013	30 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	8 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt

Tesla M6 has a 51.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Tesla M6 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Tesla M6 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.