Quadro K6000 vs Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K6000 and Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro K6000 and Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire 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 Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K6000 Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 2x 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro K6000 has 12% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire.
  • Quadro K6000 has 10 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire.
  • Quadro K6000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K6000 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is 53 MHz higher, than Quadro K6000.
  • Quadro K6000 and Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K6000 is 1208 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 40−45 35−40
ultra / 1080p 27−30 24−27
QHD / 1440p 21−24 18−20
4K / 2160p 12−14 10−11
low / 720p 65−70 60−65
medium / 1080p 50−55 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K6000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 12% more, than Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire.

Full Specs

  Quadro K6000 Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK110B Neptune CF
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 23 July 2013 1 March 2014
Pipelines 2880 2560
Core clock speed 797 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 902 MHz 900 MHz
Transistor count 7,080 million 2x 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 216.5
Floating-point performance 5,196 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 288.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.5
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 261 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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