NVIDIA Quadro M4000 vs AMD FirePro M6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M4000 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 Quadro M4000

AMD FirePro M6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.5x more texture fill rate: 80.39 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
2.6x more pipelines: 1664 vs 640
2.5x better floating-point performance: 2,573 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
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6675 vs 1820
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18372 vs 8095
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6291 vs 3024
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 1832
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6291 vs 3024
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 1832

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2015 vs 1 July 2012
Texture fill rate	80.39 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1664 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,573 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	6675 vs 1820
Geekbench - OpenCL	18372 vs 8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6291 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6291 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 1832

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6000

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 773 MHz
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 669
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3332
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3332

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 773 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 669
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3332

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M4000
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M6000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6675

1820

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

669

776

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18372

8095

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6291

3024

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

1832

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6291

3024

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

1832

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

3357

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M4000	AMD FirePro M6000
PassMark - G3D Mark	6675	1820
PassMark - G2D Mark	669	776
Geekbench - OpenCL	18372	8095
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	732.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	17.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	217.357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6291	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6291	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	689

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M4000	AMD FirePro M6000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Heathrow
Launch date	29 June 2015	1 July 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$791
Place in performance rating	537	538
Price now	$765.93
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	10.68
Technical info
Core clock speed	773 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,573 gflops	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1664	640
Texture fill rate	80.39 GTexel / s	32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	43 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo	No outputs
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync
Number of simultaneous displays	4
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	241 mm
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-B
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		72 GB / s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management