GeForce RTX 2080 vs Quadro 6000 SDI

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	56
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	26.31
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	GF100	Turing TU104
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	25 July 2011 (12 years ago)	27 August 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$11,499	$699
Current price	$340 (0x MSRP)	$426 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	448	2944
Core clock speed	574 MHz	1515 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1710 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	231 Watt	215 Watt
Texture fill rate	32.14	314.6
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	248 mm	267 mm
Width	Quad-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	no data	+
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	2.0	7.5

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 July 2011	27 August 2018
Cost	$11499	$699
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	231 Watt	215 Watt

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