GeForce GTX 660 vs Quadro M6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M6000 with GeForce GTX 660, including specs and performance data.

Quadro M6000
2015
12 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
30.46
+194%

M6000 outperforms GTX 660 by a whopping 194% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking180437
Place by popularitynot in top-10058
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.273.40
Power efficiency8.505.17
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGM200GK106
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date21 March 2015 (9 years ago)6 September 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,199.99 $229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 660 has 4% better value for money than Quadro M6000.

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 cores3072960
Core clock speed988 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz1033 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate213.982.56
Floating-point processing power6.844 TFLOPS1.981 TFLOPS
ROPs9624
TMUs19280

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 supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm241 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 6-pin
SLI options-+

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 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed1653 MHz6.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth317.4 GB/s144.2 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPortOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
HDMI-+
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray-+
3D Gaming-+
3D Vision-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.3
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA5.2+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro M6000 30.46
+194%
GTX 660 10.37

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro M6000 11749
+194%
GTX 660 4001

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 M6000 39571
+248%
GTX 660 11374

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 M6000 47116
+313%
GTX 660 11395

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 M6000 32385
+277%
GTX 660 8583

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Quadro M6000 122
+270%
GTX 660 33

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD130−140
+177%
47
−177%

Cost per frame, $

1080p32.314.87

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 30.46 10.37
Recency 21 March 2015 6 September 2012
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 140 Watt

Quadro M6000 has a 193.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 660, on the other hand, has 78.6% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M6000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 660 is a desktop one.


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