NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA Quadro 6000 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 91% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 574 MHz
  • Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 32.1 GTexel / s
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 640 vs 448
  • Around 46% better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 204 Watt
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3398 vs 2707
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10734 vs 9891
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 24.377
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 2.66
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 34.891
  • Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 90.839
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 3501
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3689
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3335
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 3501
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 3689
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3335
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 10 December 2010
Core clock speed 1096 MHz vs 574 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.04 GTexel / s vs 32.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 448
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 204 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3398 vs 2707
Geekbench - OpenCL 10734 vs 9891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 vs 24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.325 vs 793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.692 vs 2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.794 vs 34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.513 vs 90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 vs 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 vs 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3335

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000

  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2988 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 451 vs 247
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 2988 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 451 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 6000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3398
2707
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
247
451
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10734
9891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.294
24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
795.325
793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.692
2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.794
34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
174.513
90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3335
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M NVIDIA Quadro 6000
PassMark - G3D Mark 3398 2707
PassMark - G2D Mark 247 451
Geekbench - OpenCL 10734 9891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.325 793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.692 2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.794 34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.513 90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1230

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name GM107 GF100
Launch date 13 March 2015 10 December 2010
Place in performance rating 771 774
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $4,399
Price now $332.21
Value for money (0-100) 12.86

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 1096 MHz 574 MHz
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 448
Texture fill rate 47.04 GTexel / s 32.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 204 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 248 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 143.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI