AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X and NVIDIA Quadro K6000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 797 MHz
  • Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 902 MHz
  • 798.2x more texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 216.5 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35755 vs 24013
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 698 vs 551
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 March 2019 vs 23 July 2013
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 797 MHz
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 902 MHz
Texture fill rate 172.8 GTexel/s vs 216.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 35755 vs 24013
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3356
PassMark - G2D Mark 698 vs 551

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K6000

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 2880 vs 2304
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • 3.5x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3643
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3643
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8096 vs 7540
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2880 vs 2304
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3711 vs 3643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3711 vs 3643
PassMark - G3D Mark 8096 vs 7540

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
35755
24013
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3643
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3643
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3356
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
698
551
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7540
8096
Name AMD Radeon Pro 580X NVIDIA Quadro K6000
Geekbench - OpenCL 35755 24013
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3643 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3643 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3356
PassMark - G2D Mark 698 551
PassMark - G3D Mark 7540 8096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1816.61
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 355.166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12657

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 580X NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Kepler
Code name Polaris 20 GK110B
Launch date 18 March 2019 23 July 2013
Place in performance rating 365 364
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $5,265
Price now $833.98
Value for money (0-100) 11.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 902 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 797 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 345.6 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 5.530 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 2880
Pixel fill rate 38.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 172.8 GTexel/s 216.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 5700 million 7,080 million
Floating-point performance 5,196 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 217.0 GB/s 288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective) 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)