GeForce 6800 XE vs Quadro K5000 Mac Edition

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGK104NV40
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date7 August 2012 (11 years old)30 September 2005 (18 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,249 no data

Technical specs

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 cores1536no data
Core clock speed706 MHz275 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Wattno data
Texture fill rate90.372.200
Floating-point performance2,169 gflopsno data

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount4 GB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5400 MHz532 MHz
Memory bandwidth172.8 GB/s8.512 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 7 August 2012 30 September 2005
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

We couldn't decide between Quadro K5000 Mac Edition and GeForce 6800 XE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K5000 Mac Edition is a workstation card while GeForce 6800 XE is a desktop one.


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