AMD FirePro M6000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M6000 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD FirePro M6000

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 32 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
26.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 45 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 309
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1820 vs 306

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2012 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 309
PassMark - G3D Mark	1820 vs 306

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

776

309

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1820

306

Name	AMD FirePro M6000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Geekbench - OpenCL	8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
PassMark - G2D Mark	776	309
PassMark - G3D Mark	1820	306

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M6000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Heathrow	G71
Launch date	1 July 2012	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	543	545
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.99
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.97
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640	24
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		575 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	MXM-B
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-III
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0