NVIDIA Quadro K5200 vs AMD FirePro M6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5200 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, 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).

NVIDIA Quadro K5200

AMD FirePro M6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
4.6x more texture fill rate: 148.0 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
3.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 640
3.5x better floating-point performance: 3,553 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 4000 MHz
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6097 vs 1820
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19262 vs 8095
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5946 vs 3024
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 1832
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5946 vs 3024
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 1832

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 1 July 2012
Texture fill rate	148.0 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 640
Floating-point performance	3,553 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6097 vs 1820
Geekbench - OpenCL	19262 vs 8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5946 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708 vs 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5946 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708 vs 1832

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6000

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 667 MHz
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 548

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 667 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 548
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5200
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M6000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6097

1820

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

548

776

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19262

8095

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5946

3024

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

1832

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5946

3024

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

1832

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3357

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5200	AMD FirePro M6000
PassMark - G3D Mark	6097	1820
PassMark - G2D Mark	548	776
Geekbench - OpenCL	19262	8095
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	47.147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1278.433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	50.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	115.307
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5946	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5946	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5200	AMD FirePro M6000
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK110B	Heathrow
Launch date	22 July 2014	1 July 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,699.74
Place in performance rating	538	535
Price now	$523.66
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	14.51
Technical info
Boost clock speed	771 MHz
Core clock speed	667 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,553 gflops	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	640
Texture fill rate	148.0 GTexel / s	32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	43 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-B
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.3 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0