Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile vs Tesla M6
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 386 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 11.43 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | TU106 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 30 August 2015 (10 years ago) | 27 May 2019 (6 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 | 1536 | 1920 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 930 MHz | 945 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1180 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 160 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 113.3 | 165.6 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.625 TFLOPS | 5.299 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 ×2 |
| TMUs | 96 | 120 ×2 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 240 ×2 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 30 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 576 KB | 1.9 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 4 MB |
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 3.0 x16 |
| Width | MXM Module | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 6 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 1253 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.4 GB/s | 336.0 GB/s ×2 |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 August 2015 | 27 May 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 160 Watt |
Tesla M6 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 60% lower power consumption.
RTX 3000 X2 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Tesla M6 and Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla M6 is a workstation graphics card while Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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