NVIDIA Quadro M6000 vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M6000 and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M6000

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 988 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1114 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 3.6x more texture fill rate: 213.9 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 3072 vs 1024
  • 3.6x better floating-point performance: 6,844 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13738 vs 6316
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13738 vs 6316
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 988 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1114 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 213.9 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3072 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 6,844 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13738 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13738 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 89% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 37354
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3714
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3356
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3714
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 70535 vs 37354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M6000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
37354
70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13738
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13738
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
27566
Name NVIDIA Quadro M6000 AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark 11792
PassMark - G2D Mark 737
Geekbench - OpenCL 37354 70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2593.621
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.003
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 768.171
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13738 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13738 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 27566

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M6000 AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GM200 Pitcairn
Launch date 21 March 2015 13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $4,199.99
Place in performance rating 242 165
Price now $2,825
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 4.69

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1114 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 988 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 6,844 gflops 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3072 1024
Texture fill rate 213.9 GTexel / s 59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 8,000 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 317.4 GB / s 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5