GRID M40 vs Quadro 6000

Place in the ranking	614	739
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.07	no data
Power efficiency	2.42	6.08
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GF100	GM107
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	10 December 2010 (14 years ago)	18 May 2016 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,399	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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	384
Core clock speed	574 MHz	1033 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	204 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	32.14	33.06
Floating-point processing power	1.028 TFLOPS	0.7933 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	16
TMUs	56	32
L1 Cache	896 KB	192 KB
L2 Cache	768 KB	2 MB

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	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	747 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB/s	83.2 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

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

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	2.0	5.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.43	3.96
Recency	10 December 2010	18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	204 Watt	50 Watt

Quadro 6000 has a 62.4% higher aggregate performance score.

GRID M40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 308% lower power consumption.

The Quadro 6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M40 in performance tests.