M5000 vs M6000

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Combined performance score

Quadro M6000
30.35
+25.3%

M6000 outperforms M5000 by 25% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking169207
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money5.657.80
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code nameGM200GM204
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date21 March 2015 (9 years old)29 June 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,199.99 $2,856.99
Current price$1792 (0.4x MSRP)$823 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M5000 has 38% better value for money than Quadro M6000.

Technical specs

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 cores30722048
Core clock speed988 MHz861 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz1038 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate213.9132.9
Floating-point performance6,844 gflops4,252 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2" (5.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1 x 6-pin
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeGDDR5256 Bit
Maximum RAM amount12 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6612 MHz6612 MHz
Memory bandwidth317.4 GB/sUp to 211 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 DisplayPortDVI-I DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo
Number of simultaneous displaysno data4
Multi-display synchronizationno dataQuadro Sync

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 Prono data+
Mosaicno data+
High-Performance Video I/O6no data+
nView Desktop Managementno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12
Shader Model6.45
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan++
CUDA5.25.2

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 30.35
+25.3%
Quadro M5000 24.22

M6000 outperforms M5000 by 25% in our combined 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 11763
+25.3%
Quadro M5000 9387

M6000 outperforms M5000 by 25% 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 37446
+32.8%
Quadro M5000 28201

M6000 outperforms M5000 by 33% 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
+40.5%
Quadro M5000 33026

M6000 outperforms M5000 by 40% 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
+31.8%
Quadro M5000 24565

M6000 outperforms M5000 by 32% 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
+43.5%
Quadro M5000 85

M6000 outperforms M5000 by 44% 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.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 30.35 24.22
Recency 21 March 2015 29 June 2015
Cost $4199.99 $2856.99
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt

The Quadro M6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M5000 in performance tests.


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