FirePro M8900 vs Quadro P600
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 499 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 6.90 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 14.76 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GP107 | Blackcomb |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 7 February 2017 (7 years ago) | 12 April 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $178 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 384 | 960 |
| Core clock speed | 1430 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1620 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3,300 million | 1,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38.88 | 32.64 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.244 TFLOPS | 1.306 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 24 | 48 |
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 | no data | large |
| Bus support | no data | n/a |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Length | 145 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Form factor | no data | MXM-B |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1252 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.13 GB/s | 115 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 February 2017 | 12 April 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 75 Watt |
Quadro P600 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 87.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro P600 and FirePro M8900. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro P600 is a workstation card while FirePro M8900 is a mobile workstation 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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