Radeon RX 5900 vs Quadro K6000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking307not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.53no data
Power efficiency6.52no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code nameGK110BNavi 21
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (12 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$5,265 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores28804096
Core clock speed797 MHzno data
Boost clock speed902 MHz1635 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million21,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate216.5418.6
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS13.39 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs240256

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 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 8-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 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s672.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 300 Watt

Quadro K6000 has 33.3% lower power consumption.

RX 5900, on the other hand, has a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K6000 and Radeon RX 5900. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K6000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 5900 is a desktop one.

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NVIDIA Quadro K6000
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