Quadro RTX 6000 Passive vs Quadro P3000 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking319not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency15.51no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP104TU102
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$6,299

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 cores12804608
Core clock speed1088 MHz1305 MHz
Boost clock speed1215 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rate97.20449.3
Floating-point processing power3.11 TFLOPS14.38 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs80288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB24 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth168 GB/s672.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Display Port1.4no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 260 Watt

P3000 Mobile has 246.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 6000 Passive, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P3000 Mobile and Quadro RTX 6000 Passive. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Quadro RTX 6000 Passive is a workstation one.


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