Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled vs Quadro P6000

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking102not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.50no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP102Vega 10
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 October 2016 (7 years ago)13 July 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,999 $1,489
Current price$989 (0.2x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores38404096
Core clock speed1506 MHz1382 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate394.8409.6
Floating-point performance12,634 gflops13,107 gflops

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 mm267 mm
Width2" (5.1 cm)2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 8-pin2x 8-pin
SLI options+no data

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 type384 BitHBM2
Maximum RAM amount24 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed9016 MHz1890 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 432 GB/s483.8 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 ConnectorsDVI-D DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Sync IIno data
HDMIno data+

Supported technologies

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

ECC (Error Correcting Code)+no data
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
High-Performance Video I/O6+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.1.125
CUDA6.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2016 13 July 2017
Cost $5999 $1489
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 375 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro P6000 and Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P6000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled is a desktop one.


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