Radeon R6 Graphics vs Quadro M3000M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 357 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 13.51 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | Spectre Lite |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 August 2015 (9 years ago) | 17 September 2014 (10 years ago) |
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 | 1,024 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1050 MHz | 533 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 2,410 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 67.20 | 14.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.15 TFLOPS | 0.4608 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 64 | 24 |
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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | IGP |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1253 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
| Display Port | 1.2 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
| 3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| nView Display Management | + | no data |
| Optimus | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 August 2015 | 17 September 2014 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 15 Watt |
M3000M has an age advantage of 11 months.
R6 Graphics, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M3000M and Radeon R6 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro M3000M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon R6 Graphics 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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