NVIDIA Quadro K6000 vs ATI FireMV 2260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K6000 and ATI FireMV 2260 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 FireMV 2260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 600 MHz
90.2x more texture fill rate: 216.5 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
72x more pipelines: 2880 vs 40
108.3x better floating-point performance: 5,196 gflops vs 48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 256 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
68.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8059 vs 117
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 543 vs 488

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	797 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	216.5 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2880 vs 40
Floating-point performance	5,196 gflops vs 48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8059 vs 117
PassMark - G2D Mark	543 vs 488

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2260

15x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K6000
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8059

117

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

543

488

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K6000	ATI FireMV 2260
PassMark - G3D Mark	8059	117
PassMark - G2D Mark	543	488
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 FireMV 2260
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK110B	RV620
Launch date	23 July 2013	1 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,265
Place in performance rating	361	308
Price now	$833.98
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	11.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	902 MHz
Core clock speed	797 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,196 gflops	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2880	40
Texture fill rate	216.5 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2