Radeon R4 (Kaveri) vs Quadro M6000

Place in the ranking	225	1194
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.35	no data
Power efficiency	8.61	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	GCN 1.1 (2014)
GPU code name	GM200	Kaveri
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	21 March 2015 (10 years ago)	4 June 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,199.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	3072	192
Core clock speed	988 MHz	533 MHz
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	8,000 million	2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	213.9	no data
Floating-point processing power	6.844 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	96	no data
TMUs	192	no data
L1 Cache	1.1 MB	no data
L2 Cache	3 MB	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	no data
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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	no data
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1653 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	317.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	+	-
CUDA	5.2	-

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

280−290
+3400%

−3400%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

15.00

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FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Valorant	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	13 +0%	13 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

This is how Quadro M6000 and R4 (Kaveri) compete in popular games:

Quadro M6000 is 3400% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 37 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	26.73	0.74
Recency	21 March 2015	4 June 2014

Quadro M6000 has a 3512.2% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 9 months.

The Quadro M6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R4 (Kaveri) in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M6000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R4 (Kaveri) is a notebook one.

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