AMD Radeon RX 480 vs NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 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, 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.

AMD Radeon RX 480

NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 797 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 902 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6008 MHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8585 vs 8052
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 537
Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39579 vs 24016
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 103.851 vs 67.178
Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.593 vs 7.435
Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 597.772 vs 355.166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 23 July 2013
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 797 MHz
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz vs 902 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 6008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8585 vs 8052
PassMark - G2D Mark	774 vs 537
Geekbench - OpenCL	39579 vs 24016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	103.851 vs 67.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.593 vs 7.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.772 vs 355.166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719 vs 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719 vs 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 216.5 GTexel / s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2880 vs 2304
895.9x better floating-point performance: 5,196 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1816.61 vs 769.541
Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 88.889 vs 67.879
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12657 vs 11172
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12657 vs 11172

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	216.5 GTexel / s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 2304
Floating-point performance	5,196 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1816.61 vs 769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.889 vs 67.879
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12657 vs 11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12657 vs 11172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K6000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8585

8052

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

774

537

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39579

24016

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

103.851

67.178

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

769.541

1816.61

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.593

7.435

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

67.879

88.889

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

597.772

355.166

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11172

12657

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11172

12657

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3356

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	NVIDIA Quadro K6000
PassMark - G3D Mark	8585	8052
PassMark - G2D Mark	774	537
Geekbench - OpenCL	39579	24016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	103.851	67.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	769.541	1816.61
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.593	7.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	67.879	88.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.772	355.166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172	12657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172	12657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	968

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 480	NVIDIA Quadro K6000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler
Code name	Ellesmere	GK110B
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	29 June 2016	23 July 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$5,265
Place in performance rating	365	368
Price now	$299.99	$833.98
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	39.12	11.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	902 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	797 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs	5,196 gflops
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	2880
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	216.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	7,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	n / a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore