Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Quadro P6000
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro P6000 with Apple M1 8-Core GPU, including specs and performance data.
P6000 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 173% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 108 | 356 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.86 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.97 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | no data |
| GPU code name | GP102 | no data |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2016 (8 years ago) | 10 November 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $5,999 | 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 | 3840 | 8 |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1645 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 11,800 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 394.8 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 12.63 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 96 | no data |
| TMUs | 240 | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2" (5.1 cm) | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 8-pin | no data |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | 384 Bit | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 1127 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 432 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 | 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort | no data |
| Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | no data |
| Multi-display synchronization | Quadro Sync II | no data |
Supported 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 compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | no data |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | - |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
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 HD | 75−80
+168%
| 28
−168%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 79.99 | no data |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 85−90
+0%
|
85−90
+0%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
This is how Quadro P6000 and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:
- Quadro P6000 is 168% faster in 1080p
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 39.68 | 14.54 |
| Recency | 1 October 2016 | 10 November 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 5 nm |
Quadro P6000 has a 172.9% higher aggregate performance score.
Apple M1 8-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.
The Quadro P6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.
Be aware that Quadro P6000 is a workstation card while Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook 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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