Tesla M6 vs Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated333
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data11.18
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGP100GM204
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)30 August 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,699 no data

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 cores35841536
Core clock speed1190 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed1329 MHz1180 MHz
Number of transistors15,300 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate297.7113.3
Floating-point processing power9.526 TFLOPS3.625 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs22496

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed715 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth732.2 GB/s160.4 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
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA6.05.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 30 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 100 Watt

Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB has an age advantage of 9 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

Tesla M6, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB and Tesla M6. We've got no test results to judge.


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