GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB vs Quadro P5000 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated99
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data15.41
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameN17E-Q5 Max-QTU106
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)7 December 2021 (3 years ago)

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 cores20482176
Core clock speed1101 MHz1470 MHz
Boost clock speed1366 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistorsno data10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt184 Watt
Texture fill rateno data224.4
Floating-point processing powerno data7.181 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data136
Tensor Coresno data272
Ray Tracing Coresno data34

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed6006 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data336.0 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 data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 7 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 184 Watt

P5000 Max-Q has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 84% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P5000 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P5000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB is a desktop one.


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