AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile vs NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile and NVIDIA Quadro K6000 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile

NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1002 MHz vs 797 MHz
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1053 MHz vs 902 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6008 MHz

Launch date	1 March 2017 vs 23 July 2013
Core clock speed	1002 MHz vs 797 MHz
Boost clock speed	1053 MHz vs 902 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 6008 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K6000

3.2x more texture fill rate: 216.5 GTexel / s vs 67.39 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 2880 vs 1024
2.4x better floating-point performance: 5,196 gflops vs 2,157 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 543 vs 427
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8059 vs 1409
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22920 vs 20842

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	216.5 GTexel / s vs 67.39 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	5,196 gflops vs 2,157 gflops
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	543 vs 427
PassMark - G3D Mark	8059 vs 1409
Geekbench - OpenCL	22920 vs 20842

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K6000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

427

543

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1409

8059

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

20842

22920

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile	NVIDIA Quadro K6000
PassMark - G2D Mark	427	543
PassMark - G3D Mark	1409	8059
Geekbench - OpenCL	20842	22920
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		67.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1816.61
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		88.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		355.166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile	NVIDIA Quadro K6000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler
Code name	Baffin	GK110B
Launch date	1 March 2017	23 July 2013
Place in performance rating	432	361
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$5,265
Price now		$833.98
Value for money (0-100)		11.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1053 MHz	902 MHz
Core clock speed	1002 MHz	797 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,157 gflops	5,196 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	2880
Texture fill rate	67.39 GTexel / s	216.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	7,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB / s	288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5