NVIDIA Quadro P600 vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P600 and AMD Radeon HD 8970M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 56% higher core clock speed: 1329 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 83% higher boost clock speed: 1557 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4662 vs 2521
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3688
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 2595
  • Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4662 vs 2521
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3688
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 2595
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2017 vs 14 May 2013
Core clock speed 1329 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed 1557 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4662 vs 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4662 vs 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 2595

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M

  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 34.92 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 1,117 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 4012 MHz
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3876 vs 3315
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 542
  • Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20588 vs 11181
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 57.241 vs 35.134
  • Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 268.643 vs 141.164
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 72 GTexel / s vs 34.92 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops vs 1,117 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 4012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3876 vs 3315
PassMark - G2D Mark 807 vs 542
Geekbench - OpenCL 20588 vs 11181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 57.241 vs 35.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 268.643 vs 141.164

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3315
3876
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
542
807
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11181
20588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.134
57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
141.164
268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4662
2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4662
2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
2595
Name NVIDIA Quadro P600 AMD Radeon HD 8970M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3315 3876
PassMark - G2D Mark 542 807
Geekbench - OpenCL 11181 20588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 35.134 57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 141.164 268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4662 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4662 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 2595
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 89.306
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro P600 AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Neptune
Launch date 7 February 2017 14 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $178
Place in performance rating 556 553
Price now $169.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 22.11
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1557 MHz 850 MHz
Core clock speed 1329 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,117 gflops 2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 1280
Texture fill rate 34.92 GTexel / s 72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,800 million
Compute units 20

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 64.19 GB / s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4012 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
PowerTune
ZeroCore