Radeon RX 470 Mobile vs Quadro M6000
Aggregate performance score
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 ranking | 168 | 276 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 6.17 | 40.20 |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019) | Polaris (2016−2019) |
| GPU code name | GM200 | Polaris 10 Pro |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 21 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 552% 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 cores | 3072 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 988 MHz | 926 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1114 MHz | 1206 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 213.9 | 137.5 |
| Floating-point performance | 6,844 gflops | 4,399 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 size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6612 MHz | 7000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 317.4 GB/s | 224.0 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 |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | no 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 | 30.54 | 18.89 |
| 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.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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