NVIDIA Quadro P6000 vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P6000 and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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 - 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro P6000

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 78% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 925 MHz
6.7x more texture fill rate: 394.8 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
3.8x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1024
6.7x better floating-point performance: 12,634 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 2 GB
Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 9016 MHz vs 4800 MHz
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20035 vs 6316
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20035 vs 6316

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2016 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	394.8 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3840 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	12,634 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	9016 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20035 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20035 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 60145
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3715
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3356
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3715
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3356

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	70535 vs 60145
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8390 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	27566 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8390 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	27566 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P6000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

60145

70535

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20035

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

27566

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20035

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

27566

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P6000	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark	15077
PassMark - G2D Mark	702
Geekbench - OpenCL	60145	70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	194.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1916.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	545.751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20035	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20035	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8770

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P6000	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP102	Pitcairn
Launch date	1 October 2016	13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,999
Place in performance rating	219	165
Price now	$4,403.52
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.90
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,634 gflops	1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3840	1024
Texture fill rate	394.8 GTexel / s	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	11,800 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort, DVI-D DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync II
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	2" (5.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	9016 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	384 Bit	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		153.6 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management