FirePro M6100 vs Quadro 6000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M6100 and Quadro 6000, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro M6100 stacks up against Quadro 6000, check out specs charts below.

FirePro M6100 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro M6100 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro M6100 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M6100 Quadro 6000
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • FirePro M6100 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro 6000 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 6000 has 4 GB more memory, than FirePro M6100.
  • FirePro M6100 is used in Laptops, and Quadro 6000 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M6100 is build with GCN architecture, and Quadro 6000 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro M6100 is 526 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.
  • FirePro M6100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 6000 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M6100 is 3012 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 14−16
ultra / 1080p 6−7 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 21−24 27−30
medium / 1080p 12−14 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 6000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 30% more, than FirePro M6100.

Full Specs

  FirePro M6100 Quadro 6000
Architecture GCN Fermi
Code name Bonaire GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2013 10 December 2010
Pipelines 768 448
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 51.60 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 88 GB/s 143.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 196 Mh/s 91 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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