AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA Quadro K6000 SDI
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Caicos | GK110 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Caicos PRO | — |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Kepler |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 7,080 million |
| Die size | 67 mm² | 561 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 3rd, 2014 | Jul 23rd, 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Volcanic Islands | Quadro |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | Sea Islands | — |
| Successor | Pirate Islands | — |
| Launch price | — | 8,599 USD |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 625 MHz | 902 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 667 MHz 1334 Mbps effective | 1502 MHz 6 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 10.67 GB/s | 288.4 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 160 | 2880 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 240 |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per SMX) |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 1536 KB |
| SMX count | — | 15 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.500 GPixel/s | 54.12 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.000 GTexel/s | 216.5 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 200.0 GFLOPS | 5.196 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 1.732 TFLOPS (1:3) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Triple-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| TDP | 19 W | 239 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 3x DVI2x DisplayPort3x SDI |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Board number | C164 | — |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 3.5 |
