NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB and AMD Radeon HD 6550A 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB

AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 988 MHz vs 550 MHz
18.3x more texture fill rate: 285.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 3072 vs 480
11x better floating-point performance: 6,844 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 2 GB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 1600 MHz
16.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11919 vs 708
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 717 vs 609

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2016 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed	988 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	285.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3072 vs 480
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11919 vs 708
PassMark - G2D Mark	717 vs 609

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550A

7.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11919

708

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

717

609

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
PassMark - G3D Mark	11919	708
PassMark - G2D Mark	717	609
Geekbench - OpenCL	40028
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13107
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM200	Pinewood
Launch date	5 March 2016	7 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,999
Place in performance rating	244	245
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz
Core clock speed	988 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops	624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	3072	480
Texture fill rate	285.2 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	317.4 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3