Radeon Sky 500 vs Tesla M6

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon Sky 500 and Tesla M6. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon Sky 500 and Tesla M6. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
Radeon Sky 500
Tesla M6

Main Specs

  Radeon Sky 500 Tesla M6
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort No outputs
 
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 50% more power consumption, than Tesla M6.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla M6 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon Sky 500 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Tesla M6 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 20 MHz higher, than Tesla M6.
  • Radeon Sky 500 and Tesla M6 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M6 is 212 MHz higher, than Radeon Sky 500.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 24−27
QHD / 1440p 16−18 20−22
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−12
low / 720p 60−65 65−70
medium / 1080p 40−45 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M6 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 9% more, than Radeon Sky 500.

Full Specs

  Radeon Sky 500 Tesla M6
Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Pitcairn GM204
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 27 March 2013 30 August 2015
Pipelines 1280 1536
Core clock speed 950 MHz 930 MHz
Boost Clock 1180 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 76.00 113.3
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops 3,625 gflops
Length 242 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 154 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +