NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro K6000 SDI
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G96C | GK110 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Tesla | Kepler |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 7,080 million |
| Die size | 121 mm² | 561 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | May 19th, 2010 | Jul 23rd, 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 9 | Quadro |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 22 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce 8 | — |
| Successor | GeForce 200 | — |
| Launch price | — | 8,599 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | 902 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1400 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 1502 MHz 6 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 25.60 GB/s | 288.4 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 32 | 2880 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 240 |
| ROPs | 8 | 48 |
| SM count | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | 1536 KB |
| SMX count | — | 15 |
| Cache L1 | — | 16 KB (per SMX) |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.400 GPixel/s | 54.12 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 8.800 GTexel/s | 216.5 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 89.60 GFLOPS | 5.196 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 1.732 TFLOPS (1:3) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Triple-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 145 mm 5.7 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| TDP | 50 W | 239 W |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | 3x DVI2x DisplayPort3x SDI |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | 3.5 |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
