GeForce2 MX + nForce 220 vs Quadro K6000 SDI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | GK110 | Crush11 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 July 2013 (12 years ago) | 4 June 2001 (24 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $8,599 | 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 | 2880 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 902 MHz | 175 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,080 million | 20 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 239 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 216.5 | 0.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.196 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 48 | 2 |
| TMUs | 240 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 240 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 1536 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 3.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 3-slot | IGP |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.4 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | No outputs |
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 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 July 2013 | 4 June 2001 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 180 nm |
K6000 SDI has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro K6000 SDI and GeForce2 MX + nForce 220. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro K6000 SDI is a workstation graphics card while GeForce2 MX + nForce 220 is a desktop one.
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