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).

 

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 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2151 vs 1788
  • 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 2151 vs 1788
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 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 366 vs 349
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7983 vs 5927
  • 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 366 vs 349
Geekbench - OpenCL 7983 vs 5927
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
2151
1788
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
349
366
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5927
7983
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 2151 1788
PassMark - G2D Mark 349 366
Geekbench - OpenCL 5927 7983
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 680 681
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