RTX A500 Mobile vs Quadro M6000

Place in performance ranking	168	321
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.22	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GM200	GA107
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	21 March 2015 (9 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,199.99	no data
Current price	$1792 (0.4x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	3072	2048
Core clock speed	988 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz	1537 MHz
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	213.9	98.37
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M6000 and RTX A500 Mobile 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.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	317.4 GB/s	96 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

1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	5.2	8.6

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	110−120 +83.3%	60 −83.3%
1440p	60−65 +93.5%	31 −93.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

45−50
+87.5%

24−27

−87.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 +93.5%	30−35 −93.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55 +92.3%	24−27 −92.3%
Battlefield 5	95−100 +90%	50−55 −90%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	60−65 +93.5%	30−35 −93.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +87.5%	24−27 −87.5%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +94.4%	35−40 −94.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +90.5%	40−45 −90.5%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +91.8%	70−75 −91.8%
Hitman 3	55−60 +83.3%	30−33 −83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +93.5%	60−65 −93.5%
Metro Exodus	100−105 +92.3%	50−55 −92.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +86%	40−45 −86%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160 +94.8%	77 −94.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +90%	50−55 −90%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 +93.5%	30−35 −93.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55 +92.3%	24−27 −92.3%
Battlefield 5	95−100 +90%	50−55 −90%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	60−65 +93.5%	30−35 −93.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +87.5%	24−27 −87.5%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +94.4%	35−40 −94.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +90.5%	40−45 −90.5%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +91.8%	70−75 −91.8%
Hitman 3	55−60 +83.3%	30−33 −83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +93.5%	60−65 −93.5%
Metro Exodus	100−105 +92.3%	50−55 −92.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +86%	40−45 −86%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +93.5%	62 −93.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110−120 +93%	57 −93%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +90%	50−55 −90%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 +93.5%	30−35 −93.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55 +92.3%	24−27 −92.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	60−65 +93.5%	30−35 −93.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +87.5%	24−27 −87.5%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +94.4%	35−40 −94.4%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +91.8%	70−75 −91.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +93.5%	60−65 −93.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100−105 +85.2%	54 −85.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +93.5%	31 −93.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +90%	50−55 −90%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

80−85
+86%

40−45

−86%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +83.3%	30−33 −83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +89.7%	27−30 −89.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−33 +87.5%	16−18 −87.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +84.6%	12−14 −84.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +84.2%	18−20 −84.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +80%	24−27 −80%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +83.3%	30−33 −83.3%
Hitman 3	35−40 +94.4%	18−20 −94.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 +93.5%	30−35 −93.5%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +85.2%	27−30 −85.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80 +92.3%	39 −92.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 +87.5%	16−18 −87.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +80%	10−11 −80%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50
+80%

24−27

−80%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +80%	14−16 −80%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +90.9%	10−12 −90.9%
Hitman 3	21−24 +90.9%	10−12 −90.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 +76.5%	16−18 −76.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +80%	14−16 −80%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +90.5%	21−24 −90.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 +76.5%	16−18 −76.5%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +80%	14−16 −80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30
+92.9%

14−16

−92.9%

This is how Quadro M6000 and RTX A500 Mobile compete in popular games:

Quadro M6000 is 83% faster in 1080p
Quadro M6000 is 94% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	30.57	15.48
Recency	21 March 2015	30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	60 Watt