Quadro M2000M vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Aggregate performance score

GTX 1060 6 GB
2016
6 GB GDDR5, 120 Watt
26.55
+197%

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by a whopping 197% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking187454
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.142.51
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameGP106GM107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date19 July 2016 (7 years ago)2 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data
Current price$911 (3x MSRP)$363

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1060 6 GB has 25% better value for money than M2000M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1280640
Core clock speed1506 MHz1038 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1197 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt55 Watt
Texture fill rate136.743.92
Floating-point performance4,375 gflops1,405 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Quadro M2000M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data
Display Portno data1.2
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimusno data+
3D Vision Prono data+
Mosaicno data+
VR Ready+no data
nView Display Managementno data+
Optimusno data+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131+
CUDA6.15.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1060 6 GB 26.55
+197%
M2000M 8.95

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 197% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1060 6 GB 10252
+197%
M2000M 3455

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 197% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1060 6 GB 17401
+238%
M2000M 5143

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 238% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1060 6 GB 55893
+172%
M2000M 20567

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 172% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1060 6 GB 12984
+212%
M2000M 4157

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 212% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1060 6 GB 77035
+159%
M2000M 29795

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 159% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 1060 6 GB 9091
+17151%
M2000M 53

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 17151% in Unigine Heaven 3.0.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1060 6 GB 103
+189%
M2000M 36

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 189% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1060 6 GB 46
M2000M 70
+52.9%

Quadro M2000M outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB by 53% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1060 6 GB 6
M2000M 33
+463%

Quadro M2000M outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB by 463% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1060 6 GB 51
+12%
M2000M 46

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 12% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1060 6 GB 35
M2000M 40
+12.5%

Quadro M2000M outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB by 12% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1060 6 GB 32
+116%
M2000M 15

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 116% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1060 6 GB 64
+194%
M2000M 22

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 194% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1060 6 GB 6
+87.5%
M2000M 3

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 88% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1060 6 GB 64
+194%
M2000M 22

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 194% in SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase.

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1060 6 GB 103
+189%
M2000M 36

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 189% in SPECviewperf 12 - Maya.

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1060 6 GB 51
+12%
M2000M 46

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 12% in SPECviewperf 12 - Catia.

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1060 6 GB 46
M2000M 70
+52.9%

Quadro M2000M outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB by 53% in SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks.

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1060 6 GB 6
M2000M 33
+463%

Quadro M2000M outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB by 463% in SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX.

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1060 6 GB 35
M2000M 40
+12.5%

Quadro M2000M outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB by 12% in SPECviewperf 12 - Creo.

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1060 6 GB 32
+116%
M2000M 15

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 116% in SPECviewperf 12 - Medical.

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1060 6 GB 6
+87.5%
M2000M 3.2

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Quadro M2000M by 88% in SPECviewperf 12 - Energy.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD94
+194%
32
−194%
1440p47
+236%
14−16
−236%
4K34
+209%
11
−209%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 72 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50 no data
Battlefield 5 89 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 66 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 no data
Far Cry 5 83 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 82 no data
Forza Horizon 4 100 no data
Hitman 3 50−55 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110 no data
Metro Exodus 92 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 100 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 61 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50 no data
Battlefield 5 78 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 no data
Far Cry 5 64 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 64 no data
Forza Horizon 4 260 no data
Hitman 3 50−55 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110 no data
Metro Exodus 76 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 82 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 38 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 43 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 no data
Far Cry 5 50 no data
Forza Horizon 4 73 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75 no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 69 no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 48 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 50 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 32 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 39 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18 no data
Far Cry 5 47 no data
Forza Horizon 4 57 no data
Hitman 3 30−35 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60 no data
Metro Exodus 50 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22 no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 46 no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 22 no data
Hitman 3 21−24 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 29 no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 no data
Far Cry 5 15 no data
Forza Horizon 4 38 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35 no data
Metro Exodus 26 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14 no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 22 no data

This is how GTX 1060 6 GB and M2000M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1060 6 GB is 194% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1060 6 GB is 236% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1060 6 GB is 209% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 26.55 8.95
Recency 19 July 2016 2 October 2015
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 55 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M2000M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is a desktop card while Quadro M2000M is a mobile workstation one.


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