Quadro RTX 6000 vs Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 with Quadro RTX 6000, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega M GL / 870
2018
4 GB HBM2, 65 Watt
13.95

RTX 6000 outperforms RX Vega M GL / 870 by a whopping 248% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking37369
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.31
Power efficiency14.7312.80
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameVega Kaby Lake-GTU102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 January 2018 (6 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$6,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores12804608
Core clock speed931 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed1011 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistorsno data18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rateno data509.8
Floating-point processing powerno data16.31 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB24 GB
Memory bus widthno data384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data672.0 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 Connectorsno data4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

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:

Full HD42
−233%
140−150
+233%
1440p28
−239%
95−100
+239%
4K14
−221%
45−50
+221%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data44.99
1440pno data66.31
4Kno data139.98

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−241%
75−80
+241%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 47
−240%
160−170
+240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−226%
75−80
+226%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−226%
150−160
+226%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
−233%
110−120
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−241%
75−80
+241%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−233%
110−120
+233%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−233%
130−140
+233%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−223%
300−310
+223%
Hitman 3 27−30
−233%
90−95
+233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−242%
250−260
+242%
Metro Exodus 53
−240%
180−190
+240%
Red Dead Redemption 2 48
−233%
160−170
+233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−226%
150−160
+226%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−242%
260−270
+242%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−233%
110−120
+233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−226%
75−80
+226%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−226%
150−160
+226%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30
−233%
100−105
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−241%
75−80
+241%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−233%
110−120
+233%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−233%
130−140
+233%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−223%
300−310
+223%
Hitman 3 27−30
−233%
90−95
+233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−242%
250−260
+242%
Metro Exodus 41
−241%
140−150
+241%
Red Dead Redemption 2 37
−224%
120−130
+224%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−226%
150−160
+226%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−224%
110−120
+224%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−242%
260−270
+242%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 23
−226%
75−80
+226%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−226%
75−80
+226%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20
−225%
65−70
+225%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−241%
75−80
+241%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−233%
110−120
+233%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−223%
300−310
+223%
Hitman 3 27−30
−233%
90−95
+233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−242%
250−260
+242%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−226%
150−160
+226%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24
−233%
80−85
+233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−242%
260−270
+242%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 32
−244%
110−120
+244%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−239%
95−100
+239%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−241%
75−80
+241%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 17
−224%
55−60
+224%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−218%
35−40
+218%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12
−233%
40−45
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−244%
55−60
+244%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−242%
250−260
+242%
Hitman 3 16−18
−224%
55−60
+224%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−245%
100−105
+245%
Metro Exodus 27
−233%
90−95
+233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−240%
85−90
+240%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
−241%
300−310
+241%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
−233%
70−75
+233%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−221%
45−50
+221%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Hitman 3 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−238%
240−250
+238%
Metro Exodus 15
−233%
50−55
+233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−221%
45−50
+221%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 11
−218%
35−40
+218%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
−200%
12−14
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−242%
65−70
+242%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−246%
45−50
+246%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10
−200%
30−33
+200%

This is how RX Vega M GL / 870 and RTX 6000 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 6000 is 233% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 6000 is 239% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 6000 is 221% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.95 48.50
Recency 7 January 2018 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 260 Watt

RX Vega M GL / 870 has 300% lower power consumption.

RTX 6000, on the other hand, has a 247.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is a notebook card while Quadro RTX 6000 is a workstation one.


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