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).

NVIDIA Quadro M2000M

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

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: 3453 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	3453 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 340

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 340

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3453

2534

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

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	3453	2534
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	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	720	723
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