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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

NVIDIA Quadro 6000

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 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3341 vs 2707
Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12811 vs 9891
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 2707
Geekbench - OpenCL	12811 vs 9891
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 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 451 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	451 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

2707

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

394

451

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12811

9891

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	2707
PassMark - G2D Mark	394	451
Geekbench - OpenCL	12811	9891
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	773	774
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