AMD Radeon RX 6700 vs NVIDIA Tesla M60 Comparison

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 and the NVIDIA Tesla M60 occupy the same average benchmark tier, but their performance profiles could not be more different. The data shows a 0.2% aggregate score advantage for the Tesla M60 (30490 vs 30433), placing both at the 75th percentile of all GPUs. However, in the two shared head-to-head workloads, the Radeon RX 6700 delivers a decisive generational beatdown, winning both tests by margins exceeding 60%. This comparison is less about which card is "faster" overall and more about how each silicon design prioritizes completely different computing tasks.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The two cards share exactly two benchmark workloads, and the AMD Radeon RX 6700 wins both outright. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RX 6700 scores 97,841 against the Tesla M60's 29,506. That is a 69.8% delta in favor of AMD, meaning the Radeon card delivers more than three times the raw compute throughput in this API. The margin is slightly narrower in Geekbench Vulkan, where the RX 6700 posts 83,974 versus 31,473 for the Tesla M60, a 62.5% advantage for AMD. These are not close contests; the RX 6700 essentially doubles or triples the Tesla's performance in modern, high-level compute and graphics APIs.

The head-to-head record is 2-0 in favor of the Radeon RX 6700. The Tesla M60's zero wins are a direct consequence of its age and architecture, as its Maxwell 2.0 design lacks the hardware features and driver optimizations needed to compete in these workloads. The average benchmark scores tell a different story, however: the Tesla M60's 30,490 average is actually 0.2% higher than the RX 6700's 30,433. This discrepancy arises because the average includes a broader set of tests—such as PassMark DirectX 9, 10, 11, and 12, plus G2D and G3D tests—where the older NVIDIA card's characteristics are not as heavily penalized. The RX 6700's nearest rival data shows it trailing the Tesla M60 by that same 0.2%, while sitting 1.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and 1.6% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti.

Architecture Differences

The fundamental divide is process technology and transistor budget. The NVIDIA Tesla M60 is built on TSMC's 28 nm node with 5,200 million transistors crammed into a 398 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 13.1M per mm². The AMD Radeon RX 6700 uses TSMC's 7 nm process, packing 17,200 million transistors into a smaller 335 mm² die, achieving a density of 51.3M per mm²—nearly four times the transistor concentration. This density advantage is the root cause of the performance gap.

The chips themselves are generationally distinct. The Tesla M60 uses the GM204 chip under NVIDIA's Maxwell 2.0 architecture, part of the Tesla Maxwell (Mxx) generation. The RX 6700 uses the Navi 22 chip under AMD's RDNA 2.0 architecture, part of the Navi II (RX 6000) generation. The microarchitectural differences are stark: Maxwell 2.0 is a compute-oriented design from 2015, while RDNA 2.0 is a gaming-first architecture from 2021 that includes 36 dedicated ray tracing cores. The Tesla M60 has no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores, while the RX 6700 also lacks tensor cores but compensates with its RT capabilities.

Memory subsystems diverge sharply. The Tesla M60 offers 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 160.4 GB/s of bandwidth. The RX 6700 has 10 GB of GDDR6 on a narrower 160-bit bus, yet achieves exactly double the bandwidth at 320.0 GB/s, thanks to the newer memory standard's higher effective data rate (16 Gbps vs 5 Gbps). The AMD card also supports half-precision FP16 at 22.58 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio), a feature entirely absent from the Tesla M60's specifications.

Clock speeds tell a similar story. The Tesla M60's base clock is 557 MHz with a boost of 1178 MHz. The RX 6700 starts at 1941 MHz base, boosts to 2450 MHz, and has a game clock of 2174 MHz. The AMD card runs more than twice as fast at every clock step.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 wins in every scenario where modern API support and raw throughput matter. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 97,841 is 69.8% higher than the Tesla M60's, making it the clear choice for compute workloads that leverage OpenCL. Its Vulkan score of 83,974 is 62.5% higher, indicating superior performance in Vulkan-based games and applications. The RX 6700's 11.29 TFLOPS FP32 throughput versus the Tesla's 4.825 TFLOPS means the AMD card processes more than twice the floating-point operations per second. Its texture rate of 352.8 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 156.8 GPixel/s dwarf the Tesla's 150.8 GTexel/s and 75.39 GPixel/s, respectively.

The NVIDIA Tesla M60 wins in legacy compatibility and power efficiency per unit of raw compute in older scenarios. Its GDDR5 memory and Maxwell architecture are simpler, and the card's PassMark DirectX 9, 10, and 11 scores are not listed in the head-to-head but are part of its benchmark profile. The Tesla M60's 300 W TDP is significantly higher than the RX 6700's 175 W, but the NVIDIA card was designed for data center compute tasks where power efficiency in modern gaming workloads was not a priority. The Tesla M60 also has a higher average benchmark score (30,490 vs 30,433), suggesting that in a mix of older DirectX and 2D tests, the NVIDIA card can edge out the AMD card.

Specification Differences

The two cards diverge on nearly every measurable specification. Process node: 28 nm for the Tesla M60, 7 nm for the RX 6700. Transistor count: 5,200 million vs 17,200 million. Die size: 398 mm² vs 335 mm². Transistor density: 13.1M / mm² vs 51.3M / mm². Base clock: 557 MHz vs 1941 MHz. Boost clock: 1178 MHz vs 2450 MHz. Memory clock: 1253 MHz (5 Gbps effective) vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective). Memory size: 8 GB vs 10 GB. Memory type: GDDR5 vs GDDR6. Bus width: 256 bit vs 160 bit. Bandwidth: 160.4 GB/s vs 320.0 GB/s.

Compute resources differ: shading units are 2048 for NVIDIA vs 2304 for AMD; texture mapping units are 128 vs 144; render output units are identical at 64. The RX 6700 adds 36 ray tracing cores, which the Tesla M60 lacks entirely. FP32 throughput is 4.825 TFLOPS vs 11.29 TFLOPS. FP16 is absent on the Tesla M60, while the RX 6700 delivers 22.58 TFLOPS. Pixel rate is 75.39 GPixel/s vs 156.8 GPixel/s. Texture rate is 150.8 GTexel/s vs 352.8 GTexel/s. TDP is 300 W vs 175 W. The suggested PSU drops from 700 W to 450 W. Bus interface moves from PCIe 3.0 x16 to PCIe 4.0 x16. Display outputs go from "No outputs" on the Tesla to "1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a" on the RX 6700. The Tesla M60 measures 267 mm in length with no listed height or width; the RX 6700 matches the length but adds a height of 110 mm and width of 40 mm. Release dates are 2015-08-29 for NVIDIA and 2021-06-08 for AMD.

FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA Tesla M60 has a slightly higher average benchmark score of 30,490, compared to the AMD Radeon RX 6700's 30,433, a 0.2% difference.

Q: How much faster is the RX 6700 in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The RX 6700 scores 97,841 versus the Tesla M60's 29,506, making the AMD card 69.8% faster in that test.

Q: Does the Tesla M60 support ray tracing?

A: No. The Tesla M60 has no ray tracing cores, while the AMD Radeon RX 6700 includes 36 dedicated RT cores.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth difference?

A: The RX 6700 provides 320.0 GB/s of bandwidth from its GDDR6 memory, exactly double the Tesla M60's 160.4 GB/s from GDDR5, despite having a narrower 160-bit bus versus the Tesla's 256-bit bus.

Q: Which card has a higher power draw?

A: The NVIDIA Tesla M60 has a TDP of 300 W, while the AMD Radeon RX 6700 has a TDP of 175 W. The Tesla also requires a 700 W suggested PSU versus 450 W for the AMD card.

Q: In the head-to-head benchmarks, what is the win count?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 6700 wins both shared benchmarks (Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan), giving it a 2-0 record. The NVIDIA Tesla M60 has zero wins.