Quadro M1000M vs M6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M6000 with Quadro M1000M, including specs and performance data.

Quadro M6000
2015
12 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
30.59
+312%

Quadro M6000 outperforms M1000M by a whopping 312% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking168502
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.230.88
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameGM200GM107
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date21 March 2015 (9 years ago)2 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,199.99 $200.89
Current price$1792 (0.4x MSRP)$706 (3.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M6000 has 608% better value for money than M1000M.

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 cores3072512
Core clock speed988 MHz993 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz1072 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate213.931.78
Floating-point performance6,844 gflops1,017 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M6000 and Quadro M1000M 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)
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 amount12 GB2 GB/4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed6612 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth317.4 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPortNo outputs
Display Portno data1.2

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+
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
Vulkan++
CUDA5.25.0

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.

Quadro M6000 30.59
+312%
M1000M 7.42

M6000 outperforms M1000M by 312% 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%

Quadro M6000 11815
+312%
M1000M 2867

M6000 outperforms M1000M by 312% 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 M6000 37354
+343%
M1000M 8429

M6000 outperforms M1000M by 343% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro M6000 46401
+496%
M1000M 7788

M6000 outperforms M1000M by 496% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M6000 32385
+282%
M1000M 8471

M6000 outperforms M1000M by 282% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M6000 122
+408%
M1000M 24

M6000 outperforms M1000M by 408% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

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 HD140−150
+289%
36
−289%
4K45−50
+275%
12
−275%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+350%
8−9
−350%
Hitman 3 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+380%
5−6
−380%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+314%
7−8
−314%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+350%
8−9
−350%
Hitman 3 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+380%
5−6
−380%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 19
+375%
4−5
−375%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+314%
7−8
−314%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+350%
8−9
−350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+380%
5−6
−380%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
+450%
2−3
−450%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+314%
7−8
−314%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Hitman 3 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Hitman 3 4−5 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7
+600%
1−2
−600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%

This is how Quadro M6000 and M1000M compete in popular games:

  • Quadro M6000 is 289% faster in 1080p
  • Quadro M6000 is 275% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 30.59 7.42
Recency 21 March 2015 2 October 2015
Cost $4199.99 $200.89
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 2 GB/4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 40 Watt

The Quadro M6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M1000M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M6000 is a workstation card while Quadro M1000M is a mobile workstation one.


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