Radeon RX 580 OEM vs Quadro K6000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking259not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.21no data
Power efficiency6.46no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK110BEllesmere
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)29 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,265 $229

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 speed797 MHz1120 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHz1266 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate216.5182.3
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS5.834 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs240144

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 3.0 x16
Length267 mm241 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-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 amount12 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s256.0 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, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2013 29 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 150 Watt

Quadro K6000 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 580 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K6000 and Radeon RX 580 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K6000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 580 OEM is a desktop one.


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