NVIDIA Quadro 6000 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 6000 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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 Radeon HD 2900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4.5x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Around 87% higher pipelines: 448 vs 240
3.6x better floating-point performance: 1,027.7 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 256 MB
Around 87% higher memory clock speed: 2988 MHz vs 1600 MHz
9.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2707 vs 292
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 451 vs 344
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 2648
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 2648

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 December 2010 vs 6 November 2007
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 240
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2707 vs 292
PassMark - G2D Mark	451 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335 vs 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335 vs 2648

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 601 MHz vs 574 MHz
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 204 Watt

Core clock speed	601 MHz vs 574 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 204 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 6000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2707

292

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

451

344

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

2648

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

2648

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2707	292
PassMark - G2D Mark	451	344
Geekbench - OpenCL	9891
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	2648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335	2648

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	R600
Launch date	10 December 2010	6 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,399
Place in performance rating	774	777
Price now	$332.21
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	12.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	601 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	448	240
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	7.21 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3