NVIDIA Quadro M600M vs AMD FirePro W5170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M600M and AMD FirePro W5170M 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, 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 M600M

AMD FirePro W5170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2177 vs 1749
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3681 vs 3189
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3681 vs 3189

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 25 August 2014
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 925 MHz
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2177 vs 1749
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3681 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3681 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

2.1x more texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 37% better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 357
Around 43% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8330 vs 5832
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3409 vs 2945
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3409 vs 2945

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 357
Geekbench - OpenCL	8330 vs 5832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3409 vs 2945
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3409 vs 2945

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M600M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5170M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2177

1749

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

357

371

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5832

8330

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2945

3409

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2945

3409

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3681

3189

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3681

3189

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3355

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M600M	AMD FirePro W5170M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2177	1749
PassMark - G2D Mark	357	371
Geekbench - OpenCL	5832	8330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2945	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2945	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3681	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3681	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M600M	AMD FirePro W5170M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM107	Tropo
Launch date	18 August 2015	25 August 2014
Place in performance rating	673	674
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro