NVIDIA Quadro K6000 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K6000 and ATI FireGL V8600 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 K6000

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 688 MHz
19.7x more texture fill rate: 216.5 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
9x more pipelines: 2880 vs 320
11.8x better floating-point performance: 5,196 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 1 GB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1736 MHz
9.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8059 vs 839
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 543 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	797 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	216.5 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 320
Floating-point performance	5,196 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8059 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	543 vs 406

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 159 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	159 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K6000
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8059

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

543

406

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K6000	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	8059	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	543	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	22920
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1816.61
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	355.166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K6000	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK110B	R600
Launch date	23 July 2013	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,265	$1,899
Place in performance rating	361	363
Price now	$833.98
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	11.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	902 MHz
Core clock speed	797 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,196 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2880	320
Texture fill rate	216.5 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4