AMD Radeon Pro W6900X vs NVIDIA Quadro M6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6900X and NVIDIA Quadro M6000 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

NVIDIA Quadro M6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 988 MHz
Around 93% higher boost clock speed: 2150 MHz vs 1114 MHz
3216.5x more texture fill rate: 688.0 GTexel/s vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3072
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 12 GB
3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 141178 vs 37354
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3739 vs 3714
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3739 vs 3714

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 21 March 2015
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 988 MHz
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz vs 1114 MHz
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5120 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	141178 vs 37354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739 vs 3714

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M6000

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 W
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 300 W
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M6000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

141178

37354

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3739

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3739

3714

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	NVIDIA Quadro M6000
Geekbench - OpenCL	141178	37354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739	3714
PassMark - G3D Mark		11792
PassMark - G2D Mark		737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		207.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2593.621
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		145.003
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		768.171
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		13738
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13738
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	NVIDIA Quadro M6000
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Navi 21	GM200
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	21 March 2015
Place in performance rating	243	242
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$4,199.99
Price now		$2,825
Value for money (0-100)		4.69
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz	1114 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	988 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,376 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	44.03 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	22.02 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	3072
Pixel fill rate	275.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s	213.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 W	250 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	8,000 million
Floating-point performance		6,844 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Quad-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm 10.5 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 W
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Width	120 mm 4.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	317.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective	6612 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5