Tesla P6 vs ATI Radeon 9600 TX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1477not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameR300GP104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date7 October 2003 (21 year ago)24 March 2017 (7 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 coresno data2048
Core clock speed297 MHz1012 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1506 MHz
Number of transistors110 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data90 Watt
Texture fill rate2.376192.8
Floating-point processing powerno data6.169 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs8128

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xMXM-B (3.0)
Width1-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsFloppyNone

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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed270 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.64 GB/s192.3 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 Connectors2x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 October 2003 24 March 2017
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 16 nm

Tesla P6 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 837.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9600 TX and Tesla P6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9600 TX is a desktop card while Tesla P6 is a workstation one.


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