RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs Quadro K6000 SDI

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated17
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.18
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGK110AD102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores288012800
Core clock speed902 MHz1155 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2550 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)239 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate216.51,020
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS65.28 TFLOPS
ROPs48176
TMUs240400
Tensor Coresno data400
Ray Tracing Coresno data100

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB32 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s576.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2013 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 239 Watt 250 Watt

K6000 SDI has 4.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K6000 SDI and RTX 5000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.


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