NVIDIA Quadro 6000 SDI: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro 6000 SDI sales 25 July 2011 at a recommended price of $11,499 . This is a Fermi architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 6 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 2.99 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 143.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is quad-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 248 mm. One 6-pin and one 8-pin connectors are required, and power consumption is at 231 Watt.
We have no data on Quadro 6000 SDI benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about Quadro 6000 SDI: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | |
GPU code name | GF100 | |
Market segment | Workstation | |
Release date | 25 July 2011 (12 years old) | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $11,499 | |
Current price | $340 (0x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
Quadro 6000 SDI's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro 6000 SDI's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 448 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Core clock speed | 574 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 3,100 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 231 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 32.14 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Floating-point performance | 1,027.7 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro 6000 SDI and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Length | 248 mm | |
Width | Quad-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro 6000 SDI: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
Memory clock speed | 2988 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 143.4 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro 6000 SDI. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI |
API support
APIs supported by Quadro 6000 SDI, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
Shader Model | 5.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Vulkan | N/A | |
CUDA | 2.0 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro 6000 SDI is FirePro V5800.
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