NVIDIA Quadro P6000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P6000 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro P6000

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 86% higher texture fill rate: 394.8 GTexel / s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 90 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 2x 512 MB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 9016 MHz vs 1210 MHz
65.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15387 vs 236
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 724 vs 653

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2016 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	394.8 GTexel / s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	9016 MHz vs 1210 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15387 vs 236
PassMark - G2D Mark	724 vs 653

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Around 72% lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15387

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

724

653

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P6000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	15387	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	724	653
Geekbench - OpenCL	64134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	194.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1916.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	545.751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20035
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20035
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8770

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P6000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Curie
Code name	GP102	G71
Launch date	1 October 2016	24 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,999	$2,799
Place in performance rating	209	211
Price now	$4,403.52
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	3.90
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,634 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	3840
Texture fill rate	394.8 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	11,800 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort, DVI-D DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo	4x DVI
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync II
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	305 mm
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
Width	2" (5.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Shader Model	5.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	9016 MHz	1210 MHz
Memory type	384 Bit	GDDR3
Memory bandwidth		2x 38.7 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management