FirePro D700 vs Quadro K6000
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro K6000 and FirePro D700, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
K6000 outperforms D700 by a considerable 49% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 261 | 370 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.20 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 6.45 | 3.55 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | GK110B | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 23 July 2013 (11 years ago) | 18 January 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $5,265 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 797 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 902 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 7,080 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 274 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 216.5 | 108.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.196 TFLOPS | 3.482 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 240 | 128 |
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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 279 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 1370 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.4 GB/s | 263.0 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 3.5 | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 20.89 | 14.01 |
| Recency | 23 July 2013 | 18 January 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 274 Watt |
Quadro K6000 has a 49.1% higher aggregate performance score, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 21.8% lower power consumption.
FirePro D700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months.
The Quadro K6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D700 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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