FirePro V5900 vs Quadro 6000

Place in performance ranking	520	702
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.30	1.15
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	GF100	Cayman
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	10 December 2010 (13 years ago)	24 May 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,399	no data
Current price	$1730 (0.4x MSRP)	$89

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro V5900 has 283% better value for money than Quadro 6000.

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	512
Core clock speed	574 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	204 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	32.14	19.20
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	614.4 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	230 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB/s	64 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 Connectors

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

1x DVI

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.0	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro 6000 6.99
+114%

FirePro V5900 3.26

Quadro 6000 outperforms FirePro V5900 by 114% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro 6000 2706
+114%

FirePro V5900 1263

Quadro 6000 outperforms FirePro V5900 by 114% in Passmark.