Tesla M6 X2 Mobile vs Arc A580
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 188 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 59 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 12.15 | no data |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | DG2-512 | GM204 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 10 October 2023 (1 year 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 | 3072 | 1536 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 1700 MHz | 930 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1180 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 21,700 million | 5,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 384.0 | 113.3 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 12.29 TFLOPS | 3.625 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 96 | 64 ×2 |
| TMUs | 192 | 96 ×2 |
| Tensor Cores | 384 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 24 | no data |
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 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1253 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 160.4 GB/s ×2 |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0 | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.7 (6.4) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 5.2 |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 October 2023 | 30 August 2015 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 100 Watt |
Arc A580 has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.
Tesla M6 X2 Mobile, on the other hand, has 75% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Arc A580 and Tesla M6 X2 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Arc A580 is a desktop card while Tesla M6 X2 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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