NVIDIA Quadro M2000M vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M2000M and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M2000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4.6x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 254 Watt
  • Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4200 MHz
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3457 vs 2534
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8148 vs 3977
  • 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.5 vs 0.789
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 December 2015 vs 19 September 2011
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 254 Watt
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 4200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3457 vs 2534
Geekbench - OpenCL 8148 vs 3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.5 vs 0.789

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

  • 5.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 43.92 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 2x 960 vs 640
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 1,405 gflops
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 339
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 43.92 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 960 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 1,405 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 373 vs 339

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M2000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3457
2534
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
339
373
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8148
3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.5
0.789
Name NVIDIA Quadro M2000M AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 3457 2534
PassMark - G2D Mark 339 373
Geekbench - OpenCL 8148 3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 47.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 782.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.5 0.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 172.896
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M2000M AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM107 Barts
Launch date 3 December 2015 19 September 2011
Place in performance rating 718 720
Type Mobile workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1098 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,405 gflops 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 2x 960
Texture fill rate 43.92 GTexel / s 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt 254 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Port 1.2

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Shader Model 5.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus