Tesla M6 vs ION 2

Place in the ranking	1302	330
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.15	11.36
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GT218	GM204
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	3 June 2008 (16 years ago)	30 August 2015 (9 years ago)

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	16	1536
Core clock speed	500 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1180 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	113.3
Floating-point processing power	0.03424 TFLOPS	3.625 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	64
TMUs	8	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 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	no data	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	System Shared	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	160.4 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.4
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	1.2	5.2

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−4650%

95−100
+4650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −4567%	140−150 +4567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4650%	95−100 +4650%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4650%	95−100 +4650%
Hitman 3	4−5 −4650%	190−200 +4650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −4275%	350−400 +4275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −4650%	190−200 +4650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −4721%	1350−1400 +4721%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −4567%	140−150 +4567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4650%	95−100 +4650%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4650%	95−100 +4650%
Hitman 3	4−5 −4650%	190−200 +4650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −4275%	350−400 +4275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −4650%	190−200 +4650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −4344%	400−450 +4344%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −4721%	1350−1400 +4721%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −4567%	140−150 +4567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4650%	95−100 +4650%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4650%	95−100 +4650%
Hitman 3	4−5 −4650%	190−200 +4650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −4275%	350−400 +4275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −4650%	190−200 +4650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −4344%	400−450 +4344%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −4721%	1350−1400 +4721%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 −4733%	290−300 +4733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −4650%	95−100 +4650%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−4650%

95−100
+4650%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −4400%	45−50 +4400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−4650%

95−100
+4650%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.33	16.29
Recency	3 June 2008	30 August 2015
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	100 Watt

ION 2 has 400% lower power consumption.

Tesla M6, on the other hand, has a 4836.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Tesla M6 is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that ION 2 is a notebook 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.