Tesla M6 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	180	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	36.19	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code name	N17E-G2	GM204
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 September 2016 (7 years ago)	30 August 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$389.99	no data
Current price	$379 (1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	1536
CUDA cores	1920	no data
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1180 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	100 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	210.6	113.3
Floating-point performance	6,738 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and Tesla M6 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	160.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7 (6.4)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	+	5.2

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2016	30 August 2015
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	100 Watt

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