NVIDIA Quadro 6000 videocard review

NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Quadro 6000 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 10 December 2010. At the time of release, the videocard cost $4,399. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF100.

Core clock speed - 574 MHz. Texture fill rate - 32.1 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 448. Floating-point performance - 1,027.7 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 3,100 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 204 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 6 GB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 2988 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 143.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
2685
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
446
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
9845
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
24.377 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
793.755 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
2.660 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
34.891 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
90.839 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3501 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3689 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3335 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3501.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3689.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3335.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2685
PassMark - G2D Mark 446
Geekbench - OpenCL 9845
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 24.377 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 793.755 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 2.660 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 34.891 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 90.839 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3501 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3689 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3335 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3501.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3689.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3335.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi
Code name GF100
Launch date 10 December 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $4,399
Place in performance rating 792
Price now $332.21
Type Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 12.86

Technical info

Core clock speed 574 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 448
Texture fill rate 32.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 204 Watt
Transistor count 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 248 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 143.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2988 MHz
Memory type GDDR5