GeForce2 MX vs Quadro 6000 SDI

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	1603
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GF100	NV11 A2
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	25 July 2011 (14 years ago)	28 June 2000 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$11,499	no data

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 cores	448	no data
Core clock speed	574 MHz	175 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	231 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	32.14	0.7
Floating-point processing power	1.028 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	2
TMUs	56	4
L1 Cache	896 KB	no data
L2 Cache	768 KB	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	AGP 4x
Length	248 mm	no data
Width	Quad-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	747 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB/s	2.656 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI

1x VGA

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	7.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.0	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 July 2011	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	180 nm

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