RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs Quadro M6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M6000 and RTX 6000 Ada Generation, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro M6000
2015
12 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
26.35

RTX 6000 Ada Generation outperforms M6000 by a whopping 144% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking19718
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.458.55
Power efficiency8.3817.03
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM200AD102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date21 March 2015 (9 years ago)3 December 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,199.99 $6,799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation has 148% better value for money than Quadro M6000.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores307218176
Core clock speed988 MHz915 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz2505 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate213.91,423
Floating-point processing power6.844 TFLOPS91.06 TFLOPS
ROPs96192
TMUs192568
Tensor Coresno data568
Ray Tracing Coresno data142

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB48 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1653 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth317.4 GB/s960.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA5.28.9
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Quadro M6000 26.35
RTX 6000 Ada Generation 64.24
+144%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Quadro M6000 11776
RTX 6000 Ada Generation 28707
+144%

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.

Quadro M6000 39432
RTX 6000 Ada Generation 315953
+701%

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.

Quadro M6000 47116
RTX 6000 Ada Generation 251693
+434%

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 HD75−80
−144%
183
+144%
1440p65−70
−146%
160
+146%
4K40−45
−173%
109
+173%

Cost per frame, $

1080p56.00
−50.7%
37.15
+50.7%
1440p64.62
−52.1%
42.49
+52.1%
4K105.00
−68.3%
62.38
+68.3%
  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation has 51% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation has 52% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation has 68% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Battlefield 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Far Cry 5 130
+0%
130
+0%
Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 400−450
+0%
400−450
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Battlefield 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Far Cry 5 126
+0%
126
+0%
Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Metro Exodus 114
+0%
114
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 489
+0%
489
+0%
Valorant 400−450
+0%
400−450
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Far Cry 5 118
+0%
118
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 260
+0%
260
+0%
Valorant 400−450
+0%
400−450
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 500−550
+0%
500−550
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Metro Exodus 95
+0%
95
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 450−500
+0%
450−500
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Far Cry 5 118
+0%
118
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 219
+0%
219
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 40
+0%
40
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Metro Exodus 90
+0%
90
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 184
+0%
184
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry 5 115
+0%
115
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

This is how Quadro M6000 and RTX 6000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 144% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 146% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 173% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 26.35 64.24
Recency 21 March 2015 3 December 2022
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 300 Watt

Quadro M6000 has 20% lower power consumption.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 143.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 6000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M6000 in performance tests.

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