Quadro M6000 vs Radeon Pro Duo

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro Duo and Quadro M6000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Pro Duo
2016
8 GB High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), 350 Watt
20.43

M6000 outperforms Pro Duo by a considerable 44% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking268191
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.693.47
Power efficiency4.198.44
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameCapsaicinGM200
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date26 April 2016 (8 years ago)21 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 $4,199.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Pro Duo has 35% better value for money than Quadro M6000.

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 cores40963072
Compute units128no data
Core clock speedno data988 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1114 MHz
Number of transistors8,900 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate256.0213.9
Floating-point processing power8.192 TFLOPS6.844 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs256192

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length277 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors3x 8-pin1x 8-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 typeHigh Bandwidth Memory (HBM)GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1653 MHz
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s317.4 GB/s

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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
Enduro+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
ZeroCore+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.06.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan++
Mantle+-
CUDA-5.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Pro Duo 20.43
Quadro M6000 29.39
+43.9%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Pro Duo 8183
Quadro M6000 11770
+43.8%

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 20.43 29.39
Recency 26 April 2016 21 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 250 Watt

Pro Duo has an age advantage of 1 year.

Quadro M6000, on the other hand, has a 43.9% higher aggregate performance score, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 40% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Duo in performance tests.

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