GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs Quadro K6000 SDI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated197
Place by popularitynot in top-10021
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data75.24
Power efficiencyno data27.29
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110GA107
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)2 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$8,599 $179

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores28802304
Core clock speed902 MHz1042 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1470 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)239 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate216.5105.8
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS6.774 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs24072
Tensor Coresno data72
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm242 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s168.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2013 2 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 239 Watt 70 Watt

K6000 SDI has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 241.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K6000 SDI and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K6000 SDI is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K6000 SDI
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