NVIDIA Quadro M600M vs AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M600M and AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M600M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 6.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 200 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 August 2015 vs 8 January 2013
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 925 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3348

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

  • 5.8x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • 4.7x more pipelines: 1792 vs 384
  • 3.8x better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2817 vs 2171
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 374 vs 337
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13719 vs 5983
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4396 vs 2945
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4396 vs 2945
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 3681
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 3681
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 103.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 384
Floating-point performance 3,315 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2817 vs 2171
PassMark - G2D Mark 374 vs 337
Geekbench - OpenCL 13719 vs 5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4396 vs 2945
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4396 vs 2945
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 vs 3681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 vs 3681

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M600M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2171
2817
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
337
374
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5983
13719
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2945
4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2945
4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3681
3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3681
3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3348
Name NVIDIA Quadro M600M AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 2171 2817
PassMark - G2D Mark 337 374
Geekbench - OpenCL 5983 13719
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2945 4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2945 4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3681 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3681 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 181.508

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M600M AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM107 Tahiti
Launch date 18 August 2015 8 January 2013
Place in performance rating 679 682
Type Mobile workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 3,315 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 1792
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 103.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 200 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Port 1.2

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12 12.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Shader Model 5.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus