AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro P6000

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Combined performance score

Quadro P6000
38.48
+11.9%

Quadro P6000 outperforms Radeon Vega Frontier Edition by 12% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking110141
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money18.266.17
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP102Vega 10
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 October 2016 (7 years old)27 June 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,999 $999
Current price$989 (0.2x MSRP)$961 (1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P6000 has 196% better value for money than Vega Frontier Edition.

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 cores38404096
Core clock speed1506 MHz1382 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate394.8409.6
Floating-point performance12,634 gflops13,107 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2" (5.1 cm)2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 8-pin2x 8-pin
SLI options+no data

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 type384 BitHBM2
Maximum RAM amount24 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed9016 MHz1890 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 432 GB/s483.8 GB/s

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 ConnectorsDVI-D DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Sync IIno data
HDMIno data+

Technologies

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

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

API support

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.1.125
CUDA6.1no data

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 38.48
+11.9%
Vega Frontier Edition 34.39

Quadro P6000 outperforms Radeon Vega Frontier Edition by 12% in our combined 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 14912
+11.9%
Vega Frontier Edition 13326

Quadro P6000 outperforms Radeon Vega Frontier Edition by 12% 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
Vega Frontier Edition 76021
+26.4%

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms Quadro P6000 by 26% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro P6000 77095
+4.5%
Vega Frontier Edition 73760

Quadro P6000 outperforms Radeon Vega Frontier Edition by 5% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 38.48 34.39
Recency 1 October 2016 27 June 2017
Cost $5999 $999
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 300 Watt

The Quadro P6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P6000 is a workstation card while Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a desktop 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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