Radeon RX 480 mobile vs Tesla M6

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon RX 480 mobile and Tesla M6, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon RX 480 mobile stacks up against Tesla M6, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 480 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 480 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Radeon RX 480 mobile Tesla M6
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 100 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 100 Watt.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Tesla M6 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile and Tesla M6 have maximum RAM of 8 GB.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile is used in Laptops, and Tesla M6 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile is build with Polaris architecture, and Tesla M6 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Tesla M6 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 2988 MHz higher, than Tesla M6.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 35−40
ultra / 1080p 7−8 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 20−22
4K / 2160p 10−12
low / 720p 27−30 65−70
medium / 1080p 14−16 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M6 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 175% more, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.

Full Specs

  Radeon RX 480 mobile Tesla M6
Architecture Polaris Maxwell 2.0
Code name Polaris GM204
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 August 2016 30 August 2015
Pipelines 2304 1536
Core clock speed 930 MHz
Boost Clock 1077 MHz 1180 MHz
Transistor count 5,700 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 155.1 113.3
Floating-point performance 4,963 gflops 3,625 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 256.0 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Laptop size large
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