Radeon RX 470 Mobile vs Quadro M6000

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Aggregate performance score

Quadro M6000
2015
12 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
30.52
+61.7%

Quadro M6000 outperforms Radeon RX 470 Mobile by an impressive 62% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking168276
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.9740.35
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code nameGM200Polaris 10 Pro
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date21 March 2015 (9 years ago)4 August 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,199.99 $549.99
Current price$1792 (0.4x MSRP)$148 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 470 Mobile has 576% better value for money than Quadro M6000.

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 cores30722048
Core clock speed988 MHz926 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz1206 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate213.9137.5
Floating-point performance6,844 gflops4,399 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M6000 and Radeon RX 470 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.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6612 MHz7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth317.4 GB/s224.0 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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSyncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA5.2no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 30.52 18.87
Recency 21 March 2015 4 August 2016
Cost $4199.99 $549.99
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 120 Watt

The Quadro M6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 470 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M6000 is a workstation card while Radeon RX 470 Mobile is a notebook one.


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