NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 vs NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and NVIDIA Quadro 6000 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 574 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 77.7 billion / sec vs 32.1 GTexel / s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 1024 vs 448
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3341 vs 2685
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12811 vs 9850
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.921 vs 24.377
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1116.126 vs 793.755
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.799 vs 2.66
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.114 vs 34.891
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 107.239 vs 90.839
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4118 vs 3501
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4118 vs 3501
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 March 2011 vs 10 December 2010
Core clock speed 1215 MHz vs 574 MHz
Texture fill rate 77.7 billion / sec vs 32.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 448
Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3341 vs 2685
Geekbench - OpenCL 12811 vs 9850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.921 vs 24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1116.126 vs 793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.799 vs 2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.114 vs 34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.239 vs 90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4118 vs 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4118 vs 3501

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000

  • Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 204 Watt vs 365 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 2988 MHz vs 1707 MHz
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 446 vs 394
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 204 Watt vs 365 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory clock speed 2988 MHz vs 1707 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 446 vs 394
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3689 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3335 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3689 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3335 vs 3330

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 6000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
2685
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
394
446
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12811
9850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.921
24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1116.126
793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.799
2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.114
34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
107.239
90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4118
3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4118
3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3335
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 NVIDIA Quadro 6000
PassMark - G3D Mark 3341 2685
PassMark - G2D Mark 394 446
Geekbench - OpenCL 12811 9850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.921 24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1116.126 793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.799 2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.114 34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.239 90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4118 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4118 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi
Code name GF110 GF100
Launch date 24 March 2011 10 December 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $4,399
Place in performance rating 790 792
Price now $184 $332.21
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 30.41 12.86

Technical info

Core clock speed 1215 MHz 574 MHz
CUDA cores 1024
Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 1024 448
Texture fill rate 77.7 billion / sec 32.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 365 Watt 204 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm) 248 mm
SLI options Quad
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB / s 143.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1707 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround