Radeon 550X vs Quadro K6000 SDI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated704
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.14
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK110Lexa
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)27 March 2019 (5 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 cores2880512
Core clock speed902 MHz1082 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1218 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)239 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate216.538.98
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS1.247 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs24032

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 3.0 x8
Length267 mm145 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s112.0 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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2013 27 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 239 Watt 50 Watt

K6000 SDI has a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Radeon 550X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 378% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K6000 SDI and Radeon 550X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K6000 SDI is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 550X is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K6000 SDI
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