AMD Radeon Pro 450 vs NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 450 and NVIDIA Quadro 6000 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 450

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 39% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 574 MHz
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 640 vs 448
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 5.8x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 204 Watt
  • Around 70% higher memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 2988 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2723 vs 2685
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 619 vs 446
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 26.707 vs 24.377
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 39.784 vs 34.891
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 126.562 vs 90.839
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 October 2016 vs 10 December 2010
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 574 MHz
Pipelines 640 vs 448
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 204 Watt
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz vs 2988 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2723 vs 2685
PassMark - G2D Mark 619 vs 446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.707 vs 24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.784 vs 34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 126.562 vs 90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3344 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3344 vs 3335

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000

  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9850 vs 9051
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 793.755 vs 568.609
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.66 vs 2.409
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3501 vs 3347
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3689 vs 1749
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3501 vs 3347
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3689 vs 1749
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 32.1 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 9850 vs 9051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 793.755 vs 568.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.66 vs 2.409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3501 vs 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3689 vs 1749
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3501 vs 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3689 vs 1749

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 450
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 6000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2723
2685
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
619
446
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9051
9850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.707
24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
568.609
793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.409
2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.784
34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
126.562
90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3347
3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1749
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3344
3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3347
3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1749
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3344
3335
Name AMD Radeon Pro 450 NVIDIA Quadro 6000
PassMark - G3D Mark 2723 2685
PassMark - G2D Mark 619 446
Geekbench - OpenCL 9051 9850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.707 24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 568.609 793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.409 2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.784 34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 126.562 90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3347 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1749 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3344 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3347 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1749 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3344 3335

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 450 NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Fermi
Code name Baffin GF100
Launch date 30 October 2016 10 December 2010
Place in performance rating 795 792
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $4,399
Price now $332.21
Value for money (0-100) 12.86

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 574 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 448
Texture fill rate 32 GTexel / s 32.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 204 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 248 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 81.28 GB / s 143.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0