NVIDIA GRID K280Q vs AMD FirePro M6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K280Q and AMD FirePro 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GRID K280Q

AMD FirePro M6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
2.2x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2840 vs 1820
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6555 vs 3024
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6555 vs 3024
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3562 vs 3357
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3562 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 1 July 2012
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2840 vs 1820
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6555 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6555 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3562 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3562 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6000

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 745 MHz
5.2x lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 225 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 371
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1832 vs 1312
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1832 vs 1312

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1832 vs 1312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1832 vs 1312

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K280Q
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M6000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2840

1820

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

776

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6555

3024

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6555

3024

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3562

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3562

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1312

1832

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1312

1832

Name	NVIDIA GRID K280Q	AMD FirePro M6000
PassMark - G3D Mark	2840	1820
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	776
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6555	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6555	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3562	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3562	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1312	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1312	1832
Geekbench - OpenCL		8095

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K280Q	AMD FirePro M6000
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK104	Heathrow
Launch date	28 June 2013	1 July 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,875
Place in performance rating	542	543
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	640
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	43 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-B
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0