NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs AMD FirePro M6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 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, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

AMD FirePro M6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 49.2 billion / sec vs 32 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
Around 78% better floating-point performance: 1,825 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5343 vs 1820
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16715 vs 8095
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6803 vs 3024
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3697 vs 1832
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6803 vs 3024
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3697 vs 1832

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 August 2015 vs 1 July 2012
Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5343 vs 1820
Geekbench - OpenCL	16715 vs 8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6803 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697 vs 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6803 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697 vs 1832

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6000

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 90 Watt
666.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 642

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 90 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 642
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M6000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5343

1820

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

642

776

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16715

8095

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6803

3024

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3697

1832

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6803

3024

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3697

1832

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3357

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	AMD FirePro M6000
PassMark - G3D Mark	5343	1820
PassMark - G2D Mark	642	776
Geekbench - OpenCL	16715	8095
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6803	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6803	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1863

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	AMD FirePro M6000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM206	Heathrow
Launch date	20 August 2015	1 July 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	533	535
Price now	$194.44
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	30.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	768
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	640
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec	32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	43 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	n / a
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	7.938" (20.2 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins	None
Form factor		MXM-B
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	105.6 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.6 GB/s	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround