GeForce 6500 vs Tesla M60

Place in the ranking	284	1450
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.48	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	GM204	NV44 A2
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	30 August 2015 (9 years ago)	1 October 2005 (19 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	2048	no data
Core clock speed	557 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	75 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	150.8	1.600
Floating-point processing power	4.825 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	2
TMUs	128	4

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 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	266 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB/s	8.512 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

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.4	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	5.2	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Tesla M60 19.61
+19510%

GeForce 6500 0.10

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Tesla M60 7551
+19771%

GeForce 6500 38

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	19.61	0.10
Recency	30 August 2015	1 October 2005
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	110 nm

Tesla M60 has a 19510% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Tesla M60 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla M60 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 6500 is a desktop one.

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