A2 vs Quadro K6000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking263not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.24no data
Power efficiency6.37no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110BGA107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)10 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,265 no data

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 cores28801280
Core clock speed797 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate216.570.80
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS4.531 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs24040
Tensor Coresno data40
Ray Tracing Coresno data10

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 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s200.1 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 DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.2
CUDA3.58.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Quadro K6000 24030
A2 34634
+44.1%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Quadro K6000 25253
A2 34563
+36.9%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Quadro K6000 17571
A2 38140
+117%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2013 10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 60 Watt

A2 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K6000 and A2. We've got no test results to judge.


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