Riva TNT2 vs Tesla M6

Place in the ranking	391	1592
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	11.46	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	GM204	NV5
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	30 August 2015 (10 years ago)	12 October 1999 (26 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	no data
Core clock speed	930 MHz	125 MHz
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	113.3	0.25
Floating-point processing power	3.625 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	2
TMUs	96	2
L1 Cache	576 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	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 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Width	MXM Module	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB/s	2.4 GB/s

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

1x VGA

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	6.0
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	5.2	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Tesla M6 14.88
+148700%

Riva TNT2 0.01

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Tesla M6 6224
+207367%

Samples: 7

Riva TNT2 3
Samples: 24

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.88	0.01
Recency	30 August 2015	12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	250 nm

Tesla M6 has a 148700% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, a 51100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 792.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Tesla M6 is our recommended choice as it beats the Riva TNT2 in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla M6 is a workstation graphics card while Riva TNT2 is a desktop one.