NVIDIA Quadro 6000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 6000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M 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).

NVIDIA Quadro 6000

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
7x more pipelines: 448 vs 64
5.4x better floating-point performance: 1,027.7 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2691 vs 679
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 449 vs 308
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 3221
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 3221

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 December 2010 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	448 vs 64
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2691 vs 679
PassMark - G2D Mark	449 vs 308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335 vs 3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335 vs 3221

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

2.6x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 574 MHz
3.4x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 204 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 574 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 204 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2691

679

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

449

308

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

3221

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

3221

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2691	679
PassMark - G2D Mark	449	308
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	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335	3221

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF100	G94
Launch date	10 December 2010	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,399
Place in performance rating	781	784
Price now	$332.21
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	12.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	448	64
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		288
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD