AMD FirePro M6100 vs NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M6100 and NVIDIA Quadro K4000M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 601 MHz
  • Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 48.08 GTexel / s
  • Around 43% better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
  • Around 96% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 2800 MHz
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2221 vs 1947
  • 9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 52486 vs 5827
  • 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.059 vs 10.054
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 750.731 vs 544.601
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.395 vs 1.46
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.283 vs 22.103
  • 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 166.915 vs 36.553
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4537 vs 3855
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4537 vs 3855
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 October 2013 vs 1 June 2012
Core clock speed 1075 MHz vs 601 MHz
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s vs 48.08 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 2800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2221 vs 1947
Geekbench - OpenCL 52486 vs 5827
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.059 vs 10.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 750.731 vs 544.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.395 vs 1.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.283 vs 22.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 166.915 vs 36.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4537 vs 3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4537 vs 3855

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 960 vs 768
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4957 vs 1803
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4470 vs 2517
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4957 vs 1803
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4470 vs 2517
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 960 vs 768
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 300 vs 299
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4957 vs 1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4470 vs 2517
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4957 vs 1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4470 vs 2517

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M6100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2221
1947
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
299
300
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
52486
5827
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.059
10.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
750.731
544.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.395
1.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
57.283
22.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
166.915
36.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4537
3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1803
4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2517
4470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4537
3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1803
4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2517
4470
Name AMD FirePro M6100 NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2221 1947
PassMark - G2D Mark 299 300
Geekbench - OpenCL 52486 5827
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.059 10.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 750.731 544.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.395 1.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.283 22.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 166.915 36.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4537 3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1803 4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2517 4470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4537 3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1803 4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2517 4470
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro M6100 NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Kepler
Code name Saturn GK104
Launch date 16 October 2013 1 June 2012
Place in performance rating 855 857
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 1075 MHz 601 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops 1,154 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 960
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s 48.08 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 3,540 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 88 GB / s 89.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 2800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration