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).

NVIDIA Quadro 6000

ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

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
24x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2709 vs 113
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 449 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	2709 vs 113
PassMark - G2D Mark	449 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

2709

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

449

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	2709	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	449	431
Geekbench - OpenCL	9845
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	791	793
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