NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and NVIDIA Quadro K6000 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 RTX A2000

NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 902 MHz
576.4x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 216.5 GTexel / s
Around 16% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 2880
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 551
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13585 vs 8096
3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 73337 vs 24013

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 23 July 2013
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 902 MHz
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 216.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3328 vs 2880
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 551
PassMark - G3D Mark	13585 vs 8096
Geekbench - OpenCL	73337 vs 24013

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Around 42% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 562 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)

Core clock speed	797 MHz vs 562 MHz
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K6000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

551

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13585

8096

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73337

24013

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA Quadro K6000
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	551
PassMark - G3D Mark	13585	8096
Geekbench - OpenCL	73337	24013
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1345
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 RTX A2000	NVIDIA Quadro K6000
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Kepler
Code name	GA106	GK110B
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	23 July 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$5,265
Place in performance rating	128	364
Price now		$833.98
Type		Workstation
Value for money (0-100)		11.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	902 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	797 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	2880
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	216.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	7,080 million
Floating-point performance		5,196 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	167 mm (6.6 inches)	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5