NVIDIA Quadro K6000 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K6000 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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 Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 669 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 216.5 GTexel / s vs 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
4.5x more pipelines: 2880 vs 2x 320
6.1x better floating-point performance: 5,196 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2x 512 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1656 MHz
9.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8059 vs 822
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 543 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	797 MHz vs 669 MHz
Texture fill rate	216.5 GTexel / s vs 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	2880 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	5,196 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8059 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	543 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K6000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8059

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

543

422

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K6000	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	8059	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	543	422
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 Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK110B	RV670
Launch date	23 July 2013	4 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,265	$349
Place in performance rating	361	344
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	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,196 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2880	2x 320
Texture fill rate	216.5 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3