NVIDIA Quadro M600M vs AMD Radeon HD 6970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M600M and AMD Radeon HD 6970 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro M600M

AMD Radeon HD 6970

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 880 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
18.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 550 Watt
3.6x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1375 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 14 December 2010
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 880 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 550 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1375 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970

4.7x more texture fill rate: 84.5 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
3.1x better floating-point performance: 2,703.4 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2836 vs 2171
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 337
6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35739 vs 5983
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5372 vs 2945
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5372 vs 2945
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3681
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3681

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	84.5 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,703.4 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2836 vs 2171
PassMark - G2D Mark	429 vs 337
Geekbench - OpenCL	35739 vs 5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5372 vs 2945
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5372 vs 2945
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 3681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 3681

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M600M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2171

2836

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

337

429

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5983

35739

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2945

5372

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2945

5372

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3681

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3681

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3358

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M600M	AMD Radeon HD 6970
PassMark - G3D Mark	2171	2836
PassMark - G2D Mark	337	429
Geekbench - OpenCL	5983	35739
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2945	5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2945	5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3681	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3681	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		52.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		273.175
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M600M	AMD Radeon HD 6970
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 3
Code name	GM107	Cayman
Launch date	18 August 2015	14 December 2010
Place in performance rating	694	697
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$369
Price now		$94.99
Value for money (0-100)		48.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	880 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	2,703.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	1536
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	84.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	550 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	2,640 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Port	1.2
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire