Quadro RTX A6000 vs K4000

Place in performance ranking	522	85
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.70	0.49
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GK106	Ampere
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	1 March 2013 (11 years ago)	5 October 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,269	$4,649
Current price	$330 (0.3x MSRP)	$8932 (1.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K4000 has 247% better value for money than RTX A6000.

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	768	10752
Core clock speed	810 MHz	1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1800 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	51.84	625.0
Floating-point performance	1,244 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 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	8-pin EPS

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	3 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5616 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	134.8 GB/s	768.0 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

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

4x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2
CUDA	3.0	8.6

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	27−30 −519%	167 +519%
1440p	21−24 −514%	129 +514%
4K	18−20 −522%	112 +522%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14

−517%

70−75
+517%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −500%	70−75 +500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −500%	70−75 +500%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −533%	130−140 +533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −500%	80−85 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −517%	70−75 +517%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −536%	85−90 +536%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −538%	100−110 +538%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −546%	150−160 +546%
Hitman 3	14−16 −507%	85−90 +507%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −520%	248 +520%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −544%	110−120 +544%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −513%	95−100 +513%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −500%	300 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −525%	100−105 +525%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −500%	70−75 +500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −500%	70−75 +500%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −533%	130−140 +533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −500%	80−85 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −517%	70−75 +517%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −536%	85−90 +536%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −538%	100−110 +538%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −546%	150−160 +546%
Hitman 3	14−16 −507%	85−90 +507%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −526%	160−170 +526%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −580%	34 +580%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −513%	95−100 +513%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −551%	293 +551%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −514%	307 +514%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −525%	100−105 +525%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −500%	70−75 +500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −500%	70−75 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −500%	80−85 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −517%	70−75 +517%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −536%	85−90 +536%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −546%	150−160 +546%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −540%	224 +540%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −540%	288 +540%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 −500%	180 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −525%	100−105 +525%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−513%

95−100
+513%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −575%	80−85 +575%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −506%	95−100 +506%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −557%	45−50 +557%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −540%	60−65 +540%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −580%	30−35 +580%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −550%	52 +550%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −529%	85−90 +529%
Hitman 3	9−10 −500%	50−55 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −500%	210 +500%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −530%	63 +530%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −518%	247 +518%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −510%	60−65 +510%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −533%	35−40 +533%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−500%

70−75
+500%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −500%	40−45 +500%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −600%	35−40 +600%
Hitman 3	5−6 −580%	30−35 +580%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −489%	50−55 +489%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −560%	30−35 +560%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −508%	146 +508%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −625%	27−30 +625%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −550%	24−27 +550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −525%	24−27 +525%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −544%	55−60 +544%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −552%	137 +552%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −530%	63 +530%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
−517%

35−40

+517%

This is how Quadro K4000 and RTX A6000 compete in popular games:

RTX A6000 is 519% faster in 1080p
RTX A6000 is 514% faster in 1440p
RTX A6000 is 522% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.05	41.49
Recency	1 March 2013	5 October 2020
Cost	$1269	$4649
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	300 Watt