AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 vs NVIDIA Quadro M6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), 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 - 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 R9 390 X2

NVIDIA Quadro M6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 988 MHz
10.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 3072
Around 50% better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 6,844 gflops
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 12 GB
Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.128 vs 12.895

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2015 vs 21 March 2015
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 988 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 213.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 3072
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops vs 6,844 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128 vs 12.895

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M6000

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 580 Watt
Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 580 Watt
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M6000

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.128

12.895

Name	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2	NVIDIA Quadro M6000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128	12.895
PassMark - G3D Mark		11792
PassMark - G2D Mark		737
Geekbench - OpenCL		37354
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 - 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 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13738
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2	NVIDIA Quadro M6000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Grenada	GM200
Launch date	3 September 2015	21 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399	$4,199.99
Place in performance rating	246	242
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$2,825
Value for money (0-100)		4.69
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	988 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops	6,844 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 2560	3072
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	213.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	8,000 million
Boost clock speed		1114 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 345.6 GB / s	317.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 512 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	6612 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5