AMD FirePro M6000 videocard review

AMD FirePro M6000

FirePro M6000 videocard released by AMD; release date: 1 July 2012. The videocard is designed for mobile workstation-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Heathrow.

Core clock speed - 800 MHz. Texture fill rate - 32 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 640. Floating-point performance - 1,024 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 43 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
352097
8095
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3024 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3024.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1832 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1832.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3357 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3357.000 Fps
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1305
776
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38706
1820
Name Value
Geekbench - OpenCL 8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3024 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3024.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1832 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1832.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3357 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3357.000 Fps
PassMark - G2D Mark 776
PassMark - G3D Mark 1820

Games performance

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x768112.00
Medium, 1366x76856.00
High, 1366x76851.00
Ultra, 1920x108033.00

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76897.00
Medium, 1366x76890.00
High, 1366x76862.00
Ultra, 1920x108027.00

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768172.00
Medium, 1366x768121.00
High, 1366x76893.00
Ultra, 1920x108069.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x76898.00
High, 1366x76853.00
Ultra, 1920x108039.00

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768152.00
Medium, 1360x768130.00
High, 1360x76878.00
Ultra, 1920x108037.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600132.00
Medium, 1360x76871.00
High, 1600x90058.00
Ultra, 1920x108018.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768261.74

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600212.00
Medium, 1024x768203.00
High, 1280x102487.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Heathrow
Launch date 1 July 2012
Place in performance rating 525
Type Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support n / a
Form factor MXM-B
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0