GeForce 605 OEM vs Quadro K6000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking263not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.24no data
Power efficiency6.37no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK110BGF119
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)2 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,265 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores288048
Core clock speed797 MHz523 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate216.54.184
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS0.1004 TFLOPS
ROPs484
TMUs2408

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 2.0 x16
Length267 mm145 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount12 GB512 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz897 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s14.35 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 VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA3.52.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2013 2 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 25 Watt

Quadro K6000 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

605 OEM, on the other hand, has 800% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K6000 and GeForce 605 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K6000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 605 OEM is a desktop one.


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