Quadro 6000 SDI vs FirePro W4100

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking699not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.39no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGF100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 August 2014 (10 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$11,499

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores512448
Core clock speed630 MHz574 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt231 Watt
Texture fill rate20.1632.14
Floating-point processing power0.6451 TFLOPS1.028 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs3256

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length171 mm248 mm
Width1-slotQuad-slot
Form factorlow profile / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz747 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s143.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI
Dual-link DVI support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 August 2014 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 231 Watt

FirePro W4100 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 362% lower power consumption.

6000 SDI, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W4100 and Quadro 6000 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.


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