NVIDIA Quadro 6000 vs ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 6000 and ATI FirePro 2260 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 574 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 16.1x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
  • 11.2x more pipelines: 448 vs 40
  • 25.7x better floating-point performance: 1,027.7 gflops vs 40 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 24x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 256 MB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 2988 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 23.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2685 vs 113
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 446 vs 431
  • 11x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 304
  • 11x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 304
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 December 2010 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed 574 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 32.1 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 448 vs 40
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops vs 40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 2988 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2685 vs 113
PassMark - G2D Mark 446 vs 431
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3335 vs 304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3335 vs 304

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

  • 13.6x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 204 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 204 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 6000
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2685
113
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
446
431
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3335
304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3335
304
Name NVIDIA Quadro 6000 ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark 2685 113
PassMark - G2D Mark 446 431
Geekbench - OpenCL 9850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3335 304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3335 304

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro 6000 ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale
Code name GF100 RV620
Launch date 10 December 2010 1 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $4,399
Place in performance rating 792 794
Price now $332.21
Type Workstation Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 12.86

Technical info

Core clock speed 574 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops 40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 448 40
Texture fill rate 32.1 GTexel / s 2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 204 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 3,100 million 181 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCI
Length 248 mm 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 143.4 GB / s 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2988 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2