NVIDIA Quadro K6000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K6000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M 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 K6000

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
16.7x more texture fill rate: 216.5 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
45x more pipelines: 2880 vs 64
40.6x better floating-point performance: 5,196 gflops vs 128 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 1 GB
16x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8060 vs 504
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 535 vs 407

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	216.5 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
Pipelines	2880 vs 64
Floating-point performance	5,196 gflops vs 128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8060 vs 504
PassMark - G2D Mark	535 vs 407

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 797 MHz
5x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 797 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8060

504

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

535

407

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K6000	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
PassMark - G3D Mark	8060	504
PassMark - G2D Mark	535	407
Geekbench - OpenCL	24089
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	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK110B	G94
Launch date	23 July 2013	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,265
Place in performance rating	374	375
Price now	$833.98
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	11.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	902 MHz
Core clock speed	797 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,196 gflops	128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2880	64
Texture fill rate	216.5 GTexel / s	13 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		192
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-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_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
MXM 3.0 Type-B
PCI-E 2.0
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD