Radeon Instinct MI6 vs Quadro P1000
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 411 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.85 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 20.11 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | GP107 | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 7 February 2017 (7 years ago) | 12 December 2016 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $375 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 640 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 1493 MHz | 1120 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1519 MHz | 1233 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,300 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 48.61 | 177.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.555 TFLOPS | 5.682 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | 144 |
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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 145 mm | 241 mm |
| Width | MXM Module | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 96.13 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 February 2017 | 12 December 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 150 Watt |
Quadro P1000 has an age advantage of 1 month, and 275% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI6, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Quadro P1000 and Radeon Instinct MI6. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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