NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 vs AMD FirePro W7170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 and AMD FirePro W7170M 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 RTX 6000

AMD FirePro W7170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 99% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 723 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18872 vs 3162
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 418
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74179 vs 50809
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19571 vs 6796
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19571 vs 6796

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 August 2018 vs 2 October 2015
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	18872 vs 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark	791 vs 418
Geekbench - OpenCL	74179 vs 50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19571 vs 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19571 vs 6796

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7170M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

18872

3162

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

791

418

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

74179

50809

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19571

6796

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3722

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3362

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19571

6796

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3722

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3362

Name	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000	AMD FirePro W7170M
PassMark - G3D Mark	18872	3162
PassMark - G2D Mark	791	418
Geekbench - OpenCL	74179	50809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	488.989
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	5451.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	41.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	153.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1534.582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19571	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19571	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	13943

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000	AMD FirePro W7170M
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 3.0
Code name	TU102	Amethyst
Launch date	13 August 2018	2 October 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$6,299
Place in performance rating	112	420
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz
Core clock speed	1440 MHz	723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	18,600 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Pipelines		2048
Texture fill rate		92.54 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	5000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro