AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 vs NVIDIA Quadro P6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 and NVIDIA Quadro P6000 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 835.9x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 394.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 711
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 64226
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 79.32 vs 31.471
  • Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1022.925 vs 545.751
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 August 2017 vs 1 October 2016
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s vs 394.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 767 vs 711
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 vs 64226
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.32 vs 31.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1022.925 vs 545.751
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P6000

  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1156 MHz
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 1471 MHz
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3584
  • 1203.2x better floating-point performance: 12,634 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
  • 5.6x more memory clock speed: 9016 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15308 vs 13214
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 194.277 vs 184.405
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1916.09 vs 1765.06
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.951 vs 12.606
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20035 vs 14462
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20035 vs 14462
  • Around 27% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8770 vs 6879
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Boost clock speed 1645 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 3584
Floating-point performance 12,634 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 9016 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 15308 vs 13214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 194.277 vs 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1916.09 vs 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.951 vs 12.606
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20035 vs 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20035 vs 14462
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8770 vs 6879

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro P6000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13214
15308
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
767
711
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
163998
64226
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
184.405
194.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1765.06
1916.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.606
17.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.32
31.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1022.925
545.751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14462
20035
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14462
20035
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
6879
8770
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 NVIDIA Quadro P6000
PassMark - G3D Mark 13214 15308
PassMark - G2D Mark 767 711
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 64226
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 184.405 194.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1765.06 1916.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.606 17.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.32 31.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1022.925 545.751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14462 20035
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14462 20035
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6879 8770

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 NVIDIA Quadro P6000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Pascal
Code name Vega 10 GP102
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date 14 August 2017 1 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $5,999
Place in performance rating 224 226
Type Desktop Workstation
Price now $4,403.52
Value for money (0-100) 3.90

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1471 MHz 1645 MHz
Compute units 56
Core clock speed 1156 MHz 1506 MHz
Floating-point performance 10.5 TFLOPs 12,634 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines 3584 3840
Pixel fill rate 94.00 GP/s
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 3584
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s 394.8 GTexel / s
Texture Units 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 11,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort, DVI-D DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Multi-display synchronization Quadro Sync II
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1 x 8-pin
SLI options 1
Width 2" (5.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
Shader Model 5.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 9016 MHz
Memory type HBM2 384 Bit

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore
3D Vision Pro
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management