The CVD diamond films have a series of excellent performances, so it has a wide range of applications in the cutting tools, wearable devices, electrochemical electrodes and other fields, and it has a very substantial market prospects. In this study, The diamond films with a layer of uniform and smooth were deposited on the surface of the complex surface YG6 carbide end mill by using the hot filament CVD method, the quality of diamond films was detected by using the scanning electron microscopy and the laser Raman spectrometer. The cutting performances of diamond coated end mill were evaluated from the workpiece surface quality and tool life two aspects by cutting silicon carbide aluminum reinforced composites, and compared with the uncoated carbide tools. The experimental results show that because of the cutting tool was pretreated that make tool surface coarsening, leading the surface quality was machined by diamond coated tools is lower than the carbide cutting tools. However, the coating can protect the tools, increase the wear resistance of the coated tools and make the life of the diamond coated tools increase 3-5 times than the carbide cutting tools.