NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 vs NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 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: 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 980

NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1216 MHz vs 902 MHz
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11126 vs 8059
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 798 vs 543
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33505 vs 22920
Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 110.006 vs 67.178
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.194 vs 7.435
Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 477.015 vs 355.166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 23 July 2013
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz vs 902 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11126 vs 8059
PassMark - G2D Mark	798 vs 543
Geekbench - OpenCL	33505 vs 22920
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	110.006 vs 67.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.194 vs 7.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	477.015 vs 355.166

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 216.5 GTexel / s vs 144 billion / sec
Around 41% higher pipelines: 2880 vs 2048
Around 4% better floating-point performance: 5,196 gflops vs 4,981 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
858.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1816.61 vs 1348.307
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 88.889 vs 37.443
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12657 vs 9566
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3690
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3335
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12657 vs 9566
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3690
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3335

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	216.5 GTexel / s vs 144 billion / sec
Pipelines	2880 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	5,196 gflops vs 4,981 gflops
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1816.61 vs 1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.889 vs 37.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12657 vs 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12657 vs 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3335

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K6000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11126

8059

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

798

543

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

33505

22920

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

110.006

67.178

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1348.307

1816.61

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.194

7.435

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37.443

88.889

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

477.015

355.166

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9566

12657

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3690

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9566

12657

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3690

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

3356

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	NVIDIA Quadro K6000
PassMark - G3D Mark	11126	8059
PassMark - G2D Mark	798	543
Geekbench - OpenCL	33505	22920
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	110.006	67.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1348.307	1816.61
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.194	7.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.443	88.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	477.015	355.166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9566	12657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9566	12657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	NVIDIA Quadro K6000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GM204	GK110B
Launch date	19 September 2014	23 July 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	$5,265
Place in performance rating	358	361
Price now	$605.06	$833.98
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	21.18	11.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz	902 MHz
CUDA cores	2048
Floating-point performance	4,981 gflops	5,196 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2880
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	216.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	7,080 million
Core clock speed		797 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
BatteryBoost
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Surround