Tesla P6 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking419not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.19no data
Power efficiency5.25no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGK104GP104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date16 August 2012 (12 years ago)24 March 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores13442048
Core clock speed915 MHz1012 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz1506 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt90 Watt
Texture fill rate109.8192.8
Floating-point processing power2.634 TFLOPS6.169 TFLOPS
ROPs2464
TMUs112128

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192-bit GDDR5256 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s192.3 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2012 24 March 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 90 Watt

Tesla P6 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 Ti and Tesla P6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 Ti is a desktop card while Tesla P6 is a workstation one.


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