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NVIDIA Quadro M6000

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 is a workstation graphics card released on March 21, 2015, built on the Maxwell architecture. It has 12 GB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 988 MHz and a 250 W board power rating. It scores 11,707 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12.0, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 1.2 and CUDA compute capability 5.2.

MaxwellGM200GL GM200-880-A1Workstation

6/10 key specs recorded · 42 facts

Depth: 34 recorded fields, 10 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

12 GB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

988 MHz base

Board power

250 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 scores 11,707 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 90.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #261), measured across 202 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 720.

PassMark G3D Mark

11,707

Rank #261
Faster than 90.5% of 2,658 GPUs
202 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 170 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 86.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 61 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 81.3% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 93 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 83.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 44 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 76.6% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 5,426 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 84.9% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 averages DirectX 9 170 fps, DirectX 10 61 fps, DirectX 11 93 fps, DirectX 12 44 fps and GPU Compute 5,426 ops/s, across 202 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 12 GB

Core clock 988 MHz

Memory clock 1653 (6612) MHz

DirectX 12.0

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 250 W

First benchmarked 2015-01-12

Samples 202

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 12 GB of memory, a core clock of 988 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2015-01-12. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24GB, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Maxwell

Codename GM200GL GM200-880-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 is based on the Maxwell architecture and uses the GM200GL GM200-880-A1 graphics processor.

Clock speeds

Base clock 988 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 runs at a base clock of 988 MHz.

Memory

Size 12 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 is equipped with 12 GB of GDDR5 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 has a board power rating of 250 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 250 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched March 21, 2015

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 was released on March 21, 2015.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 11,707

PassMark G2D 720

Rank #261

Samples 202

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 supports DirectX 12.0, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 1.2 and CUDA compute capability 5.2.

DirectX 12.0 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.3

OpenCL 1.2

CUDA compute capability 5.2

Features

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 5.2

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 supports CUDA (Compute capability 5.2) under Compute and AI.

Media engine

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC). It does not support hardware encode for AV1 and decode for HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 5th Generation Encoder engines: 2NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 1st Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA Quadro M6000
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: No; 10-bit: No; B-frames: No; 8K: No	Not supported
AV1	Not supported	Not supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Not supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA Quadro M6000: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (5th Generation, encoder engines: 2) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (1st Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 have?

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 has 12 GB of GDDR5 memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 has a board power rating of 250 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro M6000?

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 scores 11,707 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 90.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #261. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 44 fps.

Does the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 support AV1 encoding?

No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the NVIDIA Quadro M6000.

What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA Quadro M6000?

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 has CUDA compute capability 5.2.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 use?

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 released?

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 was released on March 21, 2015.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: Maxwell (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GM200 -> Maxwell. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.