GPU Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro M6000 vs. NVIDIA RTX 3060

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We benchmark NVIDIA Quadro M6000 vs NVIDIA RTX 3060 GPUs and compare AI performance (deep learning training; FP16, FP32, PyTorch, TensorFlow), 3d rendering, Cryo-EM performance in the most popular apps (Octane, VRay, Redshift, Blender, Luxmark, Unreal Engine, Relion Cryo-EM).

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Technical Specifications

Board Design

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000	NVIDIA RTX 3060	Difference
Length	11 in / 267 mm	10 in / 242 mm	-1 in / -25 mm (-9%)
Outputs	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Slot width	Dual-slot	Dual-slot	-
TDP	250 W	170 W	-80 W (-32%)

Clock Speeds

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000	NVIDIA RTX 3060	Difference
Boost Clock	1114 MHz	1777 MHz	663 MHz (60%)
GPU Clock	988 MHz	1320 MHz	332 MHz (34%)
Memory Clock	6612 MHz	15000 MHz	8388 MHz (127%)

Graphics Card

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000	NVIDIA RTX 3060	Difference
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Generation	Quadro (Mx000)	GeForce 30

Graphics Features

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000	NVIDIA RTX 3060	Difference
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	1.2	3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6	-
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
CUDA	5.2	8.6

Graphics Processor

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000	NVIDIA RTX 3060	Difference
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Ampere
Die Size	601 mm2	276 mm2	-325 mm2 (-54%)
GPU Name	GM200-880-A1	GA106-300-A1
Process Size	28 nm	8 nm	-20 nm (-71%)
Transistors	8000 million	13250 million	5250 million (66%)

Memory

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000	NVIDIA RTX 3060	Difference
Bandwidth	317.4 GB/s	360 GB/s	42.6 GB/s (13%)
Memory Bus	384 bit	192 bit	-192 bit (-50%)
Memory Size	24 GB	12 GB	-12 GB (-50%)
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6

Render Config

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000	NVIDIA RTX 3060	Difference
ROPs	96	48	-48 (-50%)
Shading Units/ CUDA Cores	3072	3584	512 (17%)
TMUs	256	112	-144 (-56%)
RT Cores	-	28
Tensor Cores	-	112

Theoretical Performance

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000	NVIDIA RTX 3060	Difference
FP32 (float) performance	6.844 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS	5.896 TFLOPS (86%)
FP64 (double) performance	213.9 GFLOPS	199 GFLOPS	-14.9 GFLOPS (-7%)
Pixel Rate	106.9 GPixel/s	85.3 GPixel/s	-21.6 GPixel/s (-20%)
Texture Rate	285.2 GTexel/s	199 GTexel/s	-86.2 GTexel/s (-30%)
FP16 (half) performance	-	12.74 TFLOPS

Price

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000	NVIDIA RTX 3060	Difference
MSRP	$4,999.00	$329.00	-$4,670.00 (-93%)
Release Date	Mar 5th, 2016	Jan 12th, 2021

Test bench configuration

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000	NVIDIA RTX 3060	Difference
Hardware	BIZON G3000 More details	BIZON X5000 More details
Software	3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: 442.19 VRay Benchmark: 4.10.3 Octane Benchmark: 4.00 Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.x Blender: 2.81 Luxmark: 3.1	3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: 461.72 VRay Benchmark: 5 Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5 Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo Blender: 2.90 Luxmark: 3.1

Recommended hardware

	NVIDIA Quadro M6000	NVIDIA RTX 3060	Difference
Best GPU workstations	BIZON X5500	BIZON X5500	-
Best NVIDIA GPU servers	BIZON X7000	-