Quadro M6000 24 GB vs Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile

Place in the ranking	134	179
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.84
Power efficiency	22.51	8.45
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	TU104	GM200
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)	5 March 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$4,999

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 cores	3072	3072
Core clock speed	1035 MHz	988 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1114 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	296.6	285.2
Floating-point processing power	9.492 TFLOPS	6.844 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	96
TMUs	192	256
Tensor Cores	384	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	48	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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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 type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1653 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	317.4 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	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	+
CUDA	7.5	5.2

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	133 +20.9%	110−120 −20.9%
1440p	79 +21.5%	65−70 −21.5%
4K	54 +20%	45−50 −20%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	45.45
1440p	no data	76.91
4K	no data	111.09

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70
+21.8%

55−60

−21.8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	104 +22.4%	85−90 −22.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +20%	55−60 −20%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +24%	100−105 −24%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	125 +25%	100−105 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +21.8%	55−60 −21.8%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +18.6%	70−75 −18.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 +18.8%	80−85 −18.8%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +18.1%	160−170 −18.1%
Hitman 3	80−85 +26.2%	65−70 −26.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +23.8%	130−140 −23.8%
Metro Exodus	144 +20%	120−130 −20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	113 +18.9%	95−100 −18.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +27.3%	110−120 −27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +28%	100−105 −28%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +26.2%	65−70 −26.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +20%	55−60 −20%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +24%	100−105 −24%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	118 +18%	100−105 −18%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +21.8%	55−60 −21.8%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +18.6%	70−75 −18.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 +18.8%	80−85 −18.8%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +18.1%	160−170 −18.1%
Hitman 3	80−85 +26.2%	65−70 −26.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +23.8%	130−140 −23.8%
Metro Exodus	144 +20%	120−130 −20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	99 +23.8%	80−85 −23.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +27.3%	110−120 −27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 +23.1%	65−70 −23.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +28%	100−105 −28%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	73 +21.7%	60−65 −21.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +20%	55−60 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	88 +17.3%	75−80 −17.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +21.8%	55−60 −21.8%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +18.6%	70−75 −18.6%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +18.1%	160−170 −18.1%
Hitman 3	80−85 +26.2%	65−70 −26.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +23.8%	130−140 −23.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +27.3%	110−120 −27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100 +17.6%	85−90 −17.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +28%	100−105 −28%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

108

+20%

90−95
−20%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +23.3%	60−65 −23.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +18%	50−55 −18%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	63 +26%	50−55 −26%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +20%	35−40 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	66 +20%	55−60 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 +25%	24−27 −25%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +25.7%	35−40 −25.7%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 +20.6%	180−190 −20.6%
Hitman 3	50−55 +25%	40−45 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +18.6%	70−75 −18.6%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +20%	60−65 −20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95 +24%	75−80 −24%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +22.2%	45−50 −22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190−200 +18.8%	160−170 −18.8%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90
+20%

75−80

−20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +26.7%	30−33 −26.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +18.5%	27−30 −18.5%
Hitman 3	30−35 +29.2%	24−27 −29.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180 +19.3%	150−160 −19.3%
Metro Exodus	76 +26.7%	60−65 −26.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	71 +18.3%	60−65 −18.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40 +33.3%	30−33 −33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +33.3%	18−20 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	38 +26.7%	30−33 −26.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +22.2%	18−20 −22.2%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +17.8%	45−50 −17.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +30%	40−45 −30%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +18.8%	16−18 −18.8%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50
+25%

40−45

−25%

This is how RTX 5000 Mobile and M6000 24 GB compete in popular games:

RTX 5000 Mobile is 21% faster in 1080p
RTX 5000 Mobile is 22% faster in 1440p
RTX 5000 Mobile is 20% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	36.12	30.81
Recency	27 May 2019	5 March 2016
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	250 Watt

RTX 5000 Mobile has a 17.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 127.3% lower power consumption.

M6000 24 GB, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M6000 24 GB in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Quadro M6000 24 GB is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.