NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro K6000 SDI
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV40 | GK110 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Curie | Kepler |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 130 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 222 million | 7,080 million |
| Die size | 287 mm² | 561 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Sep 30th, 2005 | Jul 23rd, 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 6 AGP | Quadro |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 115 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce FX | — |
| Successor | GeForce 7 AGP | — |
| Launch price | — | 8,599 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 300 MHz | 902 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective | 1502 MHz 6 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 22.40 GB/s | 288.4 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 4 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 240 |
| ROPs | 8 | 48 |
| Shading units | — | 2880 |
| SMX count | — | 15 |
| Cache L1 | — | 16 KB (per SMX) |
| Cache L2 | — | 1536 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.400 GPixel/s | 54.12 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 300.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 2.400 GTexel/s | 216.5 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 5.196 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 1.732 TFLOPS (1:3) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Triple-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 239 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 3x DVI2x DisplayPort3x SDI |
| Power connectors | 1x Molex | — |
| Board number | P212 | — |
| Length | — | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 3.5 |
