NVIDIA Quadro 6000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 6000 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 574 MHz vs 450 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
14x more pipelines: 448 vs 32
14.3x better floating-point performance: 1,027.7 gflops vs 72 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
Around 87% higher memory clock speed: 2988 MHz vs 1600 MHz
15.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2704 vs 174
11.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 455 vs 41
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 1687
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 1687

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 December 2010 vs 9 April 2009
Core clock speed	574 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 32
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops vs 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2704 vs 174
PassMark - G2D Mark	455 vs 41
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335 vs 1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335 vs 1687

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

5.1x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 204 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 204 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2704

174

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

455

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

1687

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

1687

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	2704	174
PassMark - G2D Mark	455	41
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	1687
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335	1687

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF100	G96C
Launch date	10 December 2010	9 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,399	$199
Place in performance rating	769	1585
Price now	$332.21	$59.46
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	12.86	5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	448	32
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3