GeForce GTX 960M vs Quadro P6000

Place in performance ranking	107	455
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	18.69	1.43
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	GP102	N16P-GX
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 October 2016 (7 years old)	12 March 2015 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,999	no data
Current price	$989 (0.2x MSRP)	$799

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P6000 has 1207% better value for money than GTX 960M.

Technical specs

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	3840	640
CUDA cores	no data	640
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1096 MHz
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1202 MHz
Number of transistors	11,800 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	394.8	47.04
Floating-point performance	12,634 gflops	1,505 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro P6000 and GeForce GTX 960M 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	medium sized
Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2" (5.1 cm)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	no data
SLI options	+	+

Memory

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	384 Bit	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	9016 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 432 GB/s	80 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

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	DVI-D DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo	No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync II	no data
VGA аnalog display support	no data	+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+

Technologies

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

GameStream	no data	+
GeForce ShadowPlay	no data	+
GPU Boost	no data	2.0
GameWorks	no data	+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	no data	+
Optimus	no data	+
BatteryBoost	no data	+
ECC (Error Correcting Code)	+	no data
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
High-Performance Video I/O6	+	no data
nView Desktop Management	+	no data
Ansel	no data	+

API support

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

DirectX	12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	6.1	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro P6000 38.93
+343%

GTX 960M 8.78

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 343% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro P6000 15077
+343%

GTX 960M 3400

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 343% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Quadro P6000 60145
+462%

GTX 960M 10711

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 462% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro P6000 77095
+772%

GTX 960M 8845

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 772% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro P6000 47462
+302%

GTX 960M 11818

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 302% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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:

900p	400−450 +321%	95 −321%
Full HD	150−160 +317%	36 −317%
1440p	65−70 +333%	15 −333%
4K	55−60 +323%	13 −323%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	38.93	8.78
Recency	1 October 2016	12 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	75 Watt