T600 vs Quadro M5000

Place in performance ranking	210	302
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.03	25.78
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	GM204	TU117
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	29 June 2015 (8 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,856.99	no data
Current price	$823 (0.3x MSRP)	$143

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

T600 has 221% better value for money than Quadro M5000.

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 cores	2048	640
Core clock speed	861 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	1335 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	40 Watt
Texture fill rate	132.9	53.40
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2" (5.1 cm)	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	256 Bit	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 211 GB/s	160.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	DVI-I DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo	4x mini-DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync	no data

Supported technologies

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

ECC (Error Correcting Code)	+	no data
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
High-Performance Video I/O6	+	no data
nView Desktop Management	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.2
CUDA	5.2	7.5

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.

Quadro M5000 24.27
+45.2%

T600 16.72

Quadro M5000 outperforms T600 by 45% based on our aggregated 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%

Quadro M5000 9393
+45.2%

T600 6469

Quadro M5000 outperforms T600 by 45% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Quadro M5000 28292
+2.8%

T600 27530

Quadro M5000 outperforms T600 by 3% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro M5000 33026
+29.5%

T600 25499

Quadro M5000 outperforms T600 by 30% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M5000 24565

T600 26600
+8.3%

T600 outperforms Quadro M5000 by 8% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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 HD	75−80 +38.9%	54 −38.9%
1440p	30−35 +30.4%	23 −30.4%
4K	27−30 +35%	20 −35%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	24.27	16.72
Recency	29 June 2015	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	40 Watt