Atari VCS 800 GPU vs Tesla M6

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking327not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.28no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGM204Banded Kestrel
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date30 August 2015 (9 years ago)14 December 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

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 cores1536192
Core clock speed930 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1180 MHz1201 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate113.314.41
Floating-point processing power3.625 TFLOPS0.4612 TFLOPS
ROPs644
TMUs9612

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 x16IGP
Lengthno data295 mm
WidthMXM ModuleIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.4 GB/s38.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 August 2015 14 December 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 15 Watt

Atari VCS 800 GPU has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M6 and Atari VCS 800 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla M6 is a workstation graphics card while Atari VCS 800 GPU is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Tesla M6
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